Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of August 29, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

152 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 12
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 21
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 2
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 39
H: ELECTRICITY 64

DESIGN: 5

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 31
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 6
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 5
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Automation Tech, LLC (Elgin, IL) 2
Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) 2

UNASSIGNED 14

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Eric A. Larson (Arlington) 2
Heping Dai (Plano) 2
Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 2
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2
Merrilee Kick (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Modular fishing rod system
Patent No. 11737438

Inventor(s): Buddy Hughes (Celina, TX), Karl H. Beitzel (Canton, OH)
Assignee(s): BATES FISHING, INC. (Celina, TX)
Law Firm: Hudak, Shunk Farine Co. LPA (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16880429 on 05/21/2020 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular component fishing rod system that allows the end user to easily and securely change one or more of the handle portion and rod blank. The system includes a rod blank, rod sleeve assembly and a slide-on handle assembly. The rod sleeve assembly performs at least three functions including: 1) truing up the taper of the fishing rod blank to allow components of the handle assembly to be slid onto the rod blank from the butt end; 2) providing an indexing or key feature which registers with the handle assembly to maintain proper alignment between the handle assembly and rod blank; and 3) providing a method to attach the handle assembly to the rod sleeve. The handle assembly includes a corresponding female sleeve that mates with and preferably slides over the rod sleeve assembly and performs at least three functions including: 1) attaching a handle tube which includes a handle grip and reel seat to a the rod sleeve assembly; 2) matching indexing features; and 3) fixing the handle assembly to the rod sleeve assembly through one of a number of possible fastener assemblies.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Method for cooking in a modular cooking appliance
Patent No. 11737467

Inventor(s): Harold Hansen (Plano, TX), Philip R. McKee (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Automation Tech, LLC (Elgin, IL)
Law Firm: Amster, Rothstein Ebenstein, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16838563 on 04/02/2020 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for cooking is disclosed. In response to an oven being selected to cook a food item, a determination is made whether or not any oven is being engaged in cooking. If no oven is being engaged in cooking, then temperature-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the selected oven. If one oven is currently being engaged in cooking, then another determination is made whether or not the total current demand by the two ovens to cook respective food items exceeds a predetermined current limitation under temperature-control mode. If the total current demand does not exceed the predetermined current limitation, then temperature-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the two ovens. If the total current demand exceeds the predetermined current limitation, then time-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the two ovens.

[A21B] BAKERS’ OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING (domestic baking equipment A47J 37/00; combustion apparatus F23; domestic stoves or ranges being wholly or partly ovens F24B, F24C)

Footwear heel structure
Patent No. 11737515

Inventor(s): Eric A. Larson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16910300 on 06/24/2020 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heel structure for an article of footwear protrudes rearward from a heel region of an article of footwear in a direction generally aligned with the longitudinal orientation of the footwear article.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Facial reconstruction implant kit
Patent No. 11737849

Inventor(s): Devid R. Zille (Addison, TX), Johanna Scheeh (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): OsteoMed LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16891570 on 06/03/2020 (1182 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an aspect, a method of manufacturing a surgical kit includes providing one or more medical devices based on a three-dimensional (3D) image of an anatomical structure. The method additionally includes providing packaging based on the 3D image, and providing the surgical kit utilizing the packaging and the one or more medical devices. In another aspect, a surgical kit has one or more contoured packaging surface having a contour that matches a contour of an anatomical structure. The contoured packaging surface has one or more features for receiving one or more medical devices provided based on the contour in the 3D image. The surgical kit additionally has a lid connected under pressure with the one or more contoured packaging surface. The lid has apertures for sterilization of components of the one or more medical devices situated between the lid and the contoured packaging surface.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Male incontinence device
Patent No. 11737909

Inventor(s): Melissa Kay Tammen (Fort Worth, TX), Rhonda Kay Wright (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): 4 Mankind Inc. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16186108 on 11/09/2018 (1754 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes a male incontinence collection container comprising: a walled absorbent cored absorption chamber with an elastic aperture adapted to allow a penis to be in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the chamber is shaped to deflect urine away from a body during urination, and wherein the elastic aperture is defined further as a breathable, tubular material to aid in the placement and retention in place of the penis; a hydrophobic material positioned between the chamber and the body to prevent contact of the urine with the body; and an absorbent material in the chamber that converts fluid to gel in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the absorbent material absorbs and retains urine, while keeping a user dry and free from urine contact.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Massage gun mounting system and device for use in rehabilitation and gym settings
Patent No. 11737950

Inventor(s): Bradley F. Abbott (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): WELLX FITNESS LLC (Aspen, CO)
Law Firm: IDP Patent Services (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17882893 on 08/08/2022 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A massage gun mounting system, includes a massage gun mounting device, including a structure connector with right and left clamp portions; and a massage gun holder with right and left holder portions, such that the structure connector connects to a mounting structure; such that a handle of a massage gun device is insertable into the massage gun holder, such that a user is enabled to apply pressure to a massage delivery member of the mounted massage gun device.

[A61H] PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A61N)

Method of inhibiting constitutively active phosphorylated FLT3 kinase
Patent No. 11738017

Inventor(s): Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16997000 on 08/19/2020 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Proton-binding polymers for oral administration
Patent No. 11738041

Inventor(s): Eric F. Connor (Los Gatos, CA), Gerrit Klaerner (Hillsborough, CA), Jerry M. Buysse (Los Altos, CA), Kalpesh N. Biyani (Dublin, CA), Matthew J. Kade (Berkeley, CA), Michael J. Cope (Berkeley, CA), Paul H. Kierstead (Oakla
Assignee(s): RENOSIS, INC. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Culhane Meadows PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17724105 on 04/19/2022 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons and/or chloride ions from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.

Extended use zirconium silicate compositions and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 11738044

Inventor(s): Alvaro F. Guillem (Lantana, TX), Donald Jeffrey Keyser (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): ZS PHARMA, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Culhane Meadows PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16415550 on 05/17/2019 (1565 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to zirconium silicate compositions having a lead content that is below 0.6 ppm and methods of manufacturing zirconium silicate at reactor volumes exceeding 200-L with a lead content below 1.1 ppm. The lead content of the zirconium silicate of this invention are within the levels that are considered acceptable for extended use given the dose requirements for zirconium silicate.

Controlled cannabis decarboxylation for an infused soluble fat product
Patent No. 11738059

Inventor(s): Rachel Guillory (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17540237 on 12/02/2021 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process for controlling a decarboxylation of acidic cannabinoids for an infused soluble fat product, such as a butter product, is disclosed. In one embodiment for producing a butter product, raw [i]cannabis [/i]base material is dried, pulverized, heated, and cooled to produce a decarbed [i]cannabis [/i]material. The decarbed [i]cannabis [/i]material is mixed with unsalted butter in an about 22:1 to and about 26:1 ratio, by weight, at ambient temperature and pressure, to produce a heterogenous butter material. The heterogenous butter material is canned and subjected to in-container thermal processing, including agitation during the thermal processing. The resulting heterogenous butter material is separated before cooling produces the butter product.

Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
Patent No. 11738243

Inventor(s): Eric A. Larson (Arlington, TX), Joshua M. Boggs (Aledo, TX), Kevin Harper (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451476 on 10/19/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole. A pair of ribs are positioned within the channel. The ribs may diverge away from one another and may have a first rib located in a toe portion of the channel and a second rib located in the heel portion of the channel.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

Interactive sports fan experience
Patent No. 11738269

Inventor(s): David Charles Fowler (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Frisco Patent Services, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16759471 on 10/27/2017 (2132 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive gaming application which integrates real time data streaming from live sporting events in combination with user decisions which are based on the users intimate knowledge of sports, player positions and personal perspective regarding how fans believe professional sports players and coaches should perform and respond to real life circumstances which are observable and anticipated situations as they develop during the course of a game with integrated scoring, control and decision tracking methodologies to allow the game to synchronize with a live broadcast and the inputs provided by a multitude of players actively playing the game simultaneously.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Chemosensory disorder trigger and management system
Patent No. 11738108

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Avrio Genetics (Allentown, PA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481638 on 09/22/2021 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for performing chemosensory disorder testing includes an application for installation on a mobile computing device. The application includes a set of instructions to receive a scanning signal from a scanner communicating with the mobile computing device, the scanning signal including a unique identifier. The application next identifies a predetermined scent responsive to the scanning signal. The application generates multiple choice display for display on a display screen associated with the mobile computing device, the multiple-choice display includes an indication associated with the identified predetermined scent and at least one indication associated with another scent. The application receives a test response input from the display screen responsive to an input from a test subject attempting to detect the predetermined scent.

[B01F] MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D 3/06)

Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid
Patent No. 11738346

Inventor(s): Bradley C. Weston (Frisco, TX), Brian L. Ochranek (Southlake, TX), Cheryl L. Davidson (Southlake, TX), Robert Paul Luoma, II (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Abbott Park, IL)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17180367 on 02/19/2021 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.

[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H)

Push pull torch
Patent No. 11738403

Inventor(s): Khalid Hassan (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): THE ESAB GROUP INC. (Florence, SC)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16773182 on 01/27/2020 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: A push-pull welding torch is disclosed. The welding torch includes a torch body and a unitary block disposed in the torch body. The unitary block includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and a gas channel fluidly connected to the inlet channel and the outlet channel. The inlet and outlet channels may receive a weld filler material. A quick release tensioner assembly is disclosed for a welding torch that may include a swing arm configured to mount to a drive block assembly via a pivot, a lever disposed between the swing arm and block assembly when the quick release tensioner assembly is mounted to the drive block assembly, a fastener disposed through the swing arm and lever, and a resilient member disposed between the fastener and swing arm. The fastener may be configured to engage the drive block when the quick release assembly is mounted to the drive block.

[B23K] SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal B21C 23/22; building up linings or coverings by casting B22D 19/08; casting by dipping B22D 23/04; manufacture of composite layers by sintering metal powder B22F 7/00; arrangements on machine tools for copying or controlling B23Q; covering metals or covering materials with metals, not otherwise provided for C23C; burners F23D)

Brazed electrode for plasma cutting torch
Patent No. 11738410

Inventor(s): Praveen K. Namburu (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Lincoln Global, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16704033 on 12/05/2019 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A silver-copper cutting electrode assembly, and method of manufacture is provided with optimized attributes to allow for improved durability, integrity and manufacturability. An electrode has a silver tip portion which is brazed to a copper body portion where the silver portion and joint have a particular structural relationship.

Router guide
Patent No. 11738420

Inventor(s): Dawn Wheeler (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Boudwin Intellectual Property (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17336820 on 06/02/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A router guide is provided. The device includes a planar body having a first elongated opening and a second elongated opening therethrough. The first elongated opening intersects the second elongated opening perpendicularly. A circular opening having a diameter greater than the first and second openings, wherein the circular opening is disposed through the planar body at an intersection of the first and second elongated openings, such that the circular opening is dimensioned to receive a router bit therethrough. In some embodiments, a plurality of apertures is disposed through the planar body, wherein the plurality of apertures is disposed in a pair of colinear rows disposed parallel to each lateral edge of the planar body.

[B23Q] DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B 27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT

Method of manufacturing an assembly fixture and a composite product
Patent No. 11738493

Inventor(s): David G. Carlson (North Richland Hills, TX), Douglas K. Wolfe (Denton, TX), James A. Cordell (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242014 on 04/27/2021 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes fastening a plurality of components of a composite structure in an assembly fixture, wherein the assembly fixture comprises a plurality of strands of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, wherein the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material comprises a thermoplastic embedded with a plurality of reinforcement fibers, wherein the plurality of reinforcement fibers is aligned within each strand of the plurality of strands, and wherein the assembly fixture further comprises an anisotropic thermal expansion property based on an orientation of the plurality of reinforcement fibers within the assembly fixture; and heating the assembly fixture in an autoclave to bond the plurality of components of the composite structure.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Integrated charger and motor control system isolated by motor
Patent No. 11738653

Inventor(s): Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Huibin Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16911353 on 06/24/2020 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus that includes a battery, a Direct Current (DC) bus connected to the battery, and a DC to DC converter connected to the battery in parallel with the DC bus. A Motor Control Unit (MCU) is connected between the DC to DC converter and an electric motor. An Alternating Current (AC) port is connected to the electric motor. Switches connect the DC bus and an output of the DC to DC converter in series as an input to the MCU in a drive mode and disconnect the DC bus from the MCU in a charge mode.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Electronic parachute deployment system
Patent No. 11738725

Inventor(s): Adrian Herrera (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731330 on 12/31/2019 (1337 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic parachute deployment system including an electronic actuator, a control module, a deployment actuator, and a release mechanism. A parachute is positioned on a payload device, such as a racecar, to slow or stop the payload upon receipt of an electronic deployment activation signal. The electronic deployment signal is verified, including determining proper voltage and source. The deployment system includes multiple redundancies including mechanical deployment redundancy, remote deployment redundancy, and power supply redundancy. The control module responsible for monitoring deployment includes indicators and sensors to indicate a status, operation, or mode relative to the operability of the payload device, relative to components of the release mechanism, and relative to the parachute deployment.

[B60T] VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (control of electrodynamic brake systems B60L 7/00; conjoint control of brakes and other drive units of vehicles B60W); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES [2006.01]

Railcar door operating systems and methods with capstan drives
Patent No. 11738783

Inventor(s): Carter R. Andrews (Dallas, TX), Craig J. Stevens (Grand Prairie, TX), Daniel G. Cortez (Grapevine, TX), Jerry W. Vande Sande (Dallas, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX), Lee A. Reitz (Euless, TX), William F. Deakyne (Arl
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17080921 on 10/27/2020 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a longitudinal door system comprising one or more longitudinal doors for a railcar and a longitudinal operating beam coupled to the one or more longitudinal doors via one or more struts. A translation of the longitudinal operating beam is coupled to an opening and closing of the one or more longitudinal doors. The door system further comprising a gearbox coupled to the longitudinal operating beam and a first capstan receptacle. The gearbox is operable to translate a rotational movement of the first capstan receptacle to a linear movement of the longitudinal operating beam.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Coiled tubing trailer
Patent No. 11738807

Inventor(s): Joseph Welk (Godley, TX), Mike Xiaolei Lu (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17595744 on 04/24/2020 (1222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A trailer assembly for carrying coiled tubing includes a main beam assembly extending from a forward end of the trailer assembly to a rear end of the trailer assembly. The main beam assembly includes a forward portion that extends from the forward end of the trailer assembly, a rear portion that extends to the rear end of the trailer assembly, and a middle portion connected between the forward portion and the rear portion and configured to transfer load to the forward portion and the rear portion. The middle portion includes an upper beam section, and a lower beam section vertically separated from the upper beam section. The upper beam section is configured to share a load resultant from a bending force experienced by the lower beam section.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Power tailgate cargo load sensor
Patent No. 11738810

Inventor(s): Alexander Wells (Northville, MI), Eric Archambeau (Northville, MI), Norman Kerr (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryan Heins (Northville, MI), Takashi Nishio (Northville, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17452965 on 10/29/2021 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle tailgate structure of a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle tailgate structure includes a tailgate located at the rear of the vehicle; a garnish covering a top surface of the tailgate and configured to deform when an external load applies on the garnish, the garnish including a plurality of rib structures along an interior surface of the garnish and a screw portion including the garnish around a screw of the screw portion; and a touch sensor extending along the top surface of the tailgate and covered by the garnish, the touch sensor configured to detect deformation of the garnish, the touch sensor including touch sensor wires connecting to a control system of the vehicle.

[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motorcycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

Stowable wing aircraft with dual, fuselage-mounted engines
Patent No. 11738879

Inventor(s): David Bockmiller (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Timmer Law Group, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17554154 on 12/17/2021 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an aircraft that includes a fuselage and a rotatable wing disposed above the fuselage. At least one cross-wing driveshaft is disposed within the wing and is driven in rotation by a drive system connected to first and second engines that are located at respective sides of the fuselage beneath the wing. The drive system is so configured that one or both of the first engine and the second engine can drive the at least one cross-wing driveshaft in the event of failure of an engine.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Method and system for evaluating rotor-mast fatigue damage
Patent No. 11738887

Inventor(s): Caydn White (Fort Worth, TX), Kevin Brooker (Keller, TX), Steve Cates (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17118265 on 12/10/2020 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of evaluating fatigue damage of a rotor mast. The method includes performing an x-ray diffraction (”XRD”) inspection of the rotor mast, assessing fatigue damage sustained by the rotor mast based on results of the XRD inspection, and determining whether the rotor mast is suitable for continued use based on the assessed fatigue damage.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Container apparatus
Patent No. 11738903

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465262 on 09/02/2021 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and method(s) according to which a first container lid is sealingly engaged against a container body. Once so sealingly engaged, the container body is stacked onto a second container lid so that a first three-dimensional profile of the second container lid matingly receives a second three-dimensional profile of the container body, which second three-dimensional profile is located at an end portion of the container body opposite the first container lid. In one or more embodiments, the second container lid is identical to the first container lid. In one or more embodiments, the stackable containers have respective detachable and re-attachable container lids. In one or more embodiments, each container body and its corresponding detachable and re-attachable lid are both made of recyclable plastic.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Container
Patent No. 11738904

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17819989 on 08/16/2022 (378 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container for storing a liquid or a solid may include a container body having a container side wall and a container bottom and a container lid having a pop top arm to pivot and cooperate with a weakened area to provide access to the interior of the container body. The container body may be formed from plastic and the container lid is formed from metal, and the container body may include a vertical neck. The container body may include a lip, and the bottom wall may include a center protrusion. The bottom wall may include a depression, and the bottom wall may include a radial extending depression.

Tamper-evident box
Patent No. 11738906

Inventor(s): Hector Nava (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc (Brookhaven, GA)
Law Firm: Taylor English Duma LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17001016 on 08/24/2020 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locking device for a box includes a first panel defining a locking tab separable from the first panel and comprising a first tab subpanel and a second tab subpanel; the first tab subpanel extending from the first panel and the second tab subpanel extending from the first tab subpanel, the second tab subpanel including a neck and an ear, the ear extending from the neck in a lateral direction of the locking tab; and a second panel defining a locking opening, the locking opening sized to receive and capture the locking tab, the locking tab configured to engage an edge of the locking opening and thereby configured to prevent movement of the locking tab with respect to the locking opening in an opening direction of the locking device.

Apparatus and method for packaging wire or cable in a barrel or drum container
Patent No. 11738967

Inventor(s): Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, TX), Benjamin L. Weatherford (Princeton, TX), John L. Rhoads (The Colony, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190980 on 03/03/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for the accumulation of wire or cable, the apparatus including a collapsible reel assembly, the collapsible reel assembly including a central hollow arbor, a fixed inner support structure axially centered on and rigidly attached to the central hollow arbor, wherein the fixed inner support has a first end and a second end, a fixed flange, axially centered on and attached to the first end of the fixed inner support structure, a removable flange, axially centered on and removably attached to the second end of the fixed inner support structure opposite the fixed flange and an inner drum assembly. The inner drum assembly including a plurality of moving inner support structures movably attached to the fixed inner support structure and a plurality of inwardly-collapsible drum segments. Wherein the inwardly-collapsible drum segments collapse inward after the removable flange is removed from the collapsible reel assembly.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

Adjustable load leveler apparatus and related methods for use with automotive manufacturing systems
Patent No. 11738974

Inventor(s): Shigeo Akiyama (Lexington, KY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945967 on 08/03/2020 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: Adjustable load leveler apparatus and related methods for use with automotive manufacturing systems are disclosed. A disclosed automotive manufacturing system includes a hoist supported by a support structure and configured to carry a vehicle component. The automotive manufacturing system also includes a load leveler mechanism attached to the hoist. The load leveler mechanism includes a frame, a weight movably coupled to the frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the weight. The automotive manufacturing system also includes control circuitry connected to the actuator and an input device connected to the control circuitry and configured to generate input data in response to a user interacting with the input device. The control circuitry is configured to move, via the actuator, the weight relative to the hoist based on the input data to adjust a levelness of the hoist.

[B66C] CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21)

Automated beverage dispensing system and method
Patent No. 11738987

Inventor(s): Joseph Park (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): YUM Connect, LLC (Louisville, KY)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17680120 on 02/24/2022 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.

[B67D] DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) [5]

Methods and apparatus for treatment and purification of oil and gas produced water
Patent No. 11739017

Inventor(s): Brenna D. Villines (Mansfield, TX), Kenneth M. Yates (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Rio Resources LLC (New Braunfels, TX)
Law Firm: Pizarro Allen PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17315858 on 05/10/2021 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating oil and gas produced water may include: receiving produced water from one or more wells; separating an aqueous portion of the produced water from oil and solids included in the produced water in order to provide recovered water; performing anaerobic bio-digestion of organic matter included in the produced water using a biomass mixture of anaerobic bacteria obtained from a plurality of wells; aerating the recovered water in order to promote metal precipitation; and performing aerobic bio-digestion of organic matter present in the recovered water. Some embodiments may also include one or more of anoxic equalization, filtration, pasteurization, reverse osmosis, and biocide treatment of the recovered water. The recovered water may be used for oil and gas well fracking and/or land and stream application. Other methods of treating oil and gas produced water are also described.

[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B, by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges B04B; vortex apparatus B04C; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B 9/02) [5]

System and method for monitoring a former convict of an intoxication-related offense
Patent No. 11743684

Inventor(s): Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703662 on 03/24/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for preventing a restricted individual from operating a motor vehicle. The system monitors a speed of the individual via a smart device associated with the individual. The system activates a monitoring function based on a detected speed of the device, which may evidence the individual riding in a motor vehicle. The system them verifies that the user of the device is the restricted individual through a variety of different identification methods. Once identified, the system accesses various data sources associated with one or more ride applications running on the smart device in order to determine whether the restricted individual has requested a ride from a third party during a relevant time period. After analyzing the data, a determination is made as to whether the individual is driving, or whether more information is needed.

[B60Q] ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL [4]

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Illudin analogs, uses thereof, and methods for synthesizing the same
Patent No. 11739043

Inventor(s): Andrey D. Malakhov (Helotes, TX), Gregory J. Tobin (Frederick, MD), Shawn T. Blumberg (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee(s): Lantern Pharma Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17192838 on 03/04/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention provides illudin derivatives, intermediates, preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. Specific examples include novel synthetic routes to prepare illudin derivatives and an illudin derivative having a positive optical rotation, which has therapeutic value.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Sealed isocyanates
Patent No. 11739177

Inventor(s): Benjamin R. Lund (Plano, TX), Walter Voit (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Adaptive 3D Technologies (Plano, TX), Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17104021 on 11/25/2020 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sealed isocyanate resin compositions. The resin compositions may be used for additive manufacturing. One embodiment of the invention includes a photopolymerizable resin for additive manufacturing, the resin comprising: a blocked isocyanate; at least one monomer or oligomer; and a multifunctional nucleophile.

[C08G] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P) [2]

Perhydropolysilazane compositions and methods for forming oxide films using same
Patent No. 11739220

Inventor(s): Zhiwen Wan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): American Air Liquide, Inc. (Fremont, CA), L”Air Liquide, Socit Anonyme pour l”Etude et l”Exploitation des Procds Georges Claude (Paris, , FR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16971869 on 02/21/2019 (1650 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Si-containing film forming composition comprising a catalyst and/or a polysilane and a NH free, C-free, and Si-rich perhydropolysilazane having a molecular weight ranging from approximately 332 dalton to approximately 100,000 dalton and comprising NH free repeating units having the formula [N(SiH3)x(SiH2-)y], wherein x=0, 1, or 2 and y=0, 1, or 2 with x+y=2; and x=0, 1 or 2 and y=1, 2, or 3 with x+y=3. Also disclosed are synthesis methods and applications for using the same.

[C09D] COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K 5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K 3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K 3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) [5]

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Composite column formwork and method of use
Patent No. 11739525

Inventor(s): Scott Armstrong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Forma Technologies Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949675 on 11/10/2020 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure presents a composite column formwork which utilizes a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) stay in place container which incorporates horizontally coplanar support chairs bonded to the interior surface, closed ties bonded to the support chairs and a plurality of longitudinal rebar enforcements bonded to the closed ties. All of the components in a preferred embodiment are formed of a fiberglass material.

[E04B] GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

Composite concrete structure formwork and method of fabrication
Patent No. 11739526

Abstract: The disclosure presents a composite concrete structure formwork which comprises stay in place fiberglass profiles and reinforcement to form various building and shelter structures. The structures include an interior container maintained at a set distance within an exterior container to form a void. The void is filled with wet concrete which is allowed to cure. All of the components in a preferred embodiment are formed of a fiberglass material.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Variable output, hydraulic drive system
Patent No. 11739770

Inventor(s): Robert D. Kline (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17294412 on 12/11/2019 (1357 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radial hydraulic wind turbine pump system incorporates: 1) a concentric, multi-lobed cam that produces multiple strokes per revolution; 2) a piston profile that maximizes the number of large-diameter pistons arranged radially around the centerline axis; 3) a flexible piston base [b]50[/b] with internal oil flow; 4) hydraulically connected cylinders which counter displacement issues raised in item 2 above; 5) variable stroke capability leading to infinitely variable output and the ability to disengage unneeded cylinders from the cam; 6) integral reservoir and accumulator capacity; 7) compact, external pressure and return manifolds; 8) axially-oriented pressure and return manifolds [b]60, 70[/b], and 9) a hydraulic reservoir and pressure tank integrated into the body of the pump.

[F03D] WIND MOTORS

Modular cooking appliance having a hot air oven with a built-in magnetron and a double duty heater
Patent No. 11739942

Inventor(s): Philip R. McKee (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AUTOMATION TECH, LLC (Elgin, IL)
Law Firm: Amster, Rothstein Ebenstein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17211414 on 03/24/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven, a second interchangeable cooking module containing a hot air oven with built-in magnetron, and a single power connection for receiving three-phase electrical power. Each oven has a base load and a boost load. A first multiplexor is configured to direct electrical power from a first phase pair of the three-phase electrical power to either the base load or the boost load of the first oven. A second multiplexor is configured to direct electrical power from the first phase pair to the boost load of the first oven or to the boost load of the second oven. The modular cooking apparatus is configured such that either the first multiplexor or the second multiplexor can direct electrical power from the first phase pair to the boost load of the first oven.

[F24C] OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (radiator stoves of the fluid-circulating type F24H)

Integrated space conditioning and water heating/cooling systems and methods thereto
Patent No. 11739952

Inventor(s): Christopher Day (Colleyville, TX), Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16927125 on 07/13/2020 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) conditioning system including a single outdoor unit and a VRF path extending between the single outdoor unit and a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals can include a first terminal configured to condition air of an interior room and a second terminal configured to heat or cool a liquid. The VRF system can provide heating or cooling of air in different rooms or zones within a building or home while also providing heating or cooling of water. In response to a demand for heating or cooling at each terminal, the VRF system can vary the supply of refrigerant to each terminal, such that efficient and precise temperature regulation of air and liquid can be provided.

[F24D] DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR (preventing corrosion C23F; water supply in general E03; using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam engine plants for heating purposes F01K 17/02; steam traps F16T; domestic stoves or ranges F24B, F24C; water or air heaters having heat generating means F24H; combined heating and refrigeration systems F25B; heat exchange apparatus or elements F28; removing furring F28G; electric heating elements or arrangements H05B)

Intake hood system for an HVAC unit
Patent No. 11739978

Inventor(s): John M. Pinkston (Carrollton, TX), Josue D. Ferreira (Balch Springs, TX)
Assignee(s): Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16436534 on 06/10/2019 (1541 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intake hood system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an intake hood having an inlet configured to receive an air flow into the intake hood, a first support configured to engage a first end of an air filter, and a second support configured to engage a second end of the air filter, where the first support is configured to align with a boundary of the inlet. The intake hood system also includes a lock bar configured to couple to the intake hood while abutting the first support and the second support to secure the air filter within the intake hood.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Magnetic gun mount
Patent No. 11740048

Inventor(s): Ronald Eugene Featherston, Jr. (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): AnP Designs, LLC (Sachse, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17697149 on 03/17/2022 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system, and apparatus for securely mounting a firearm, while maintaining to ability to load, unload, and draw the firearm from the mount with a single hand. This is accomplished using a mount that is customized to conform to a specific model of firearm, ensuring a snug fit of the firearm within the mount. Magnetic retention secures the firearm in place in the mount. Modern, magazine fed handguns can be loaded and unloaded simply by moving the slide. Cycling the slide causes it to extract a round from the chamber (if a round is present) when the slide traverses rearward relative to the receiver. A new round is loaded from the magazine when the slide traverses forward relative to the receiver (if a loaded magazine is inserted).

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

Clamp assembly
Patent No. 11742793

Inventor(s): David G. Garza (Plano, TX), Horacio Duhart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Thrasher Associates (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17522822 on 11/09/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamp assembly for securing a variety of equipment. The clamp assembly comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, a first side and a second side. The top portion comprises a first surface and a second surface separated by a first channel that is configured to receive an accessory. The bottom portion has a cavity for mounting the clamp assembly on a structure. The first side comprises a first securing hole and a second securing hole, each configured to receive a first securing means and a second securing means. The second side comprises a second channel for receiving the accessory and a first blind hole and a second blind hole for securing the first securing means and the second securing means received through the first securing hole and the second securing hole.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

P H Y S I C S

SINCOS encoder interface
Patent No. 11740106

Inventor(s): Richard Mark Poley (Sugarland, TX), Srinivasa Chakravarthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18054949 on 11/14/2022 (288 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes a first comparator, a second comparator, a pulse counter, a processor, a first ADC, and a second ADC. The first comparator has a first input coupled to a first node, a second input, and an output. The second comparator has a first input coupled to a second node, a second input, and an output. A first DAC is coupled to the second input of the first comparator. A second DAC is coupled to the second input of the second comparator. The pulse counter has a first input coupled to the output of the first comparator and a second input coupled to the output of the second comparator. The first ADC has an input coupled to the first node and an output coupled to the processor. The second ADC has an input coupled to the second node and an output coupled to the processor.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Piezoelectric thin-film sensor and use thereof
Patent No. 11740142

Inventor(s): Wei-Yan Shih (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486818 on 09/27/2021 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor comprises a support structure, a channel extending through the support structure, a sensing material stack coupled to the support structure and extending over the channel, and a filler material disposed within the channel and over the sensing material stack. The sensing material stack comprises an structural layer, a first electrode layer disposed on the structural layer, a piezoelectric material disposed in a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer opposite the first electrode layer.

[G01L] MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) [4]

Switched capacitor delay line
Patent No. 11740208

Inventor(s): Prashuk Jain (Bengaluru, , IN), Ravikumar Pattipaka (Bengaluru, , IN), Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal (Bengaluru, , IN), Vajeed Nimran Parambil Abdul Raheem (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17350552 on 06/17/2021 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A delay line control circuit includes a pseudo-random number generator and a random phase generator circuit coupled to the pseudo-random number generator. The pseudo-random number generator is configured to produce a predetermined sequence of pseudo-random values. The random phase generator circuit is configured to randomize an access sequence for capacitors of a delay line. The random phase generator circuit includes a sequence register, an adder, and gating circuitry. The sequence register is configured to a store a value identifying one of the capacitors to be accessed. The adder is coupled to the sequence register, and is configured to increment the value stored in sequence register. The gating circuitry is coupled to the pseudo-random number generator and the adder. The gating circuitry is configured to pass one of the pseudo-random values to the adder for addition to the value stored in the sequence register.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Scan testing using scan frames with embedded commands
Patent No. 11740286

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470500 on 09/09/2021 (719 days app to issue)

Abstract: Testing of integrated circuits is achieved by a test architecture utilizing a scan frame input shift register, a scan frame output shift register, a test controller, and a test interface comprising a scan input, a scan clock, a test enable, and a scan output. Scan frames input to the scan frame input shift register contain a test stimulus data section and a test command section. Scan frames output from the scan frame output shift register contain a test response data section and, optionally, a section for outputting other data. The command section of the input scan frame controls the test architecture to execute a desired test operation.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Battery cell monitor
Patent No. 11740293

Inventor(s): Chidong Yao (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17214270 on 03/26/2021 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery cell monitor circuit includes a first serial transceiver, a second serial transceiver, and a command decoder. The command decoder is configured to cause the first serial transceiver or the second serial transceiver to transmit a response to a battery monitoring command based on a response direction field included in the battery monitoring command.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Dithering FMCW radar parameters to mitigate spurious signals
Patent No. 11740345

Inventor(s): Anil KV Kumar (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Shankar Ram Narayana Moorthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16294764 on 03/06/2019 (1637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a radar system includes transmitting, by a transmit channel of the radar system, a frame comprising first, second, and third chirps. Each chirp has a chirp start frequency, and the chirp start frequency of the transmitted chirps is dithered. The method also includes receiving, by a receive channel of the radar system, a frame of reflected chirps based on the transmitted frame, and generating a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal.

Acoustic metamaterial and systems for edge detection
Patent No. 11740351

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17017831 on 09/11/2020 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: An acoustic imaging metamaterial is provided for obtaining edge detection information of a tangible object. The acoustic imaging metamaterial includes a longitudinally extending phononic crystal substrate that defines a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. A first structurally rigid grating layer is disposed adjacent the first major surface, and a second structurally rigid grating layer is disposed adjacent the second major surface. In various aspects, the first and second structurally rigid grating layers are identical in shape and dimensions, and are aligned with one another. The acoustic imaging metamaterial is configured to redirect, confine, and/or manipulate an incident acoustic wave resulting in a high contrast image used for extracting edge detection information of the tangible object. The background medium fluid of the system can be air or a fluid such as water.

Duplex optical connector with laterally repositionable connectors and pull boot release
Patent No. 11740413

Inventor(s): Akira Kodama (Shenzhen, , CN), Akira Motofuji (Kyoto, , JP), Masaya Nakagawa (Shenzhen, , CN), Qiyue Wang (Shenzhen, , CN), Xiaohui Liu (Shenzhen, , CN), Youbiao Huang (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): SUNCALL AMERICA INC. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684833 on 03/02/2022 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duplex optical connector includes a holder, a pair of optical connectors rotatably disposed in the holder, a cable boot slidably attached to the holder, and a clip removably attached to the holder. The clip functions to maintain a lateral position of the optical connectors relative to the holder and transfer applied force on the pull boot into actuating force on the connector latches. Connector openings formed in the holder are elongated in the lateral direction to provide separate use and polarity reversal connector positions, wherein the connectors non-rotatably engage the holder in their use position and rotatably engage the holder in their polarity reversal position.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Interconnect system
Patent No. 11740422

Inventor(s): Diana Rodriguez (Fort Worth, TX), Karyne Poissant Prevratil (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729392 on 04/26/2022 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for managing connections for optical fibers that extend from a cable comprises a tray and a tray mount. The tray includes a body having at least one tray mount receiver. The tray mount comprises a base that defines an interface for cooperating with the at least one tray mount receiver, and comprises a clamshell tube configured to receive the optical fibers. The clamshell tube is movable between an open position and a closed position. The tray mount is configured couple the optical fibers to the tray without additional tools.

Ultra-thin, ultra-low density films for EUV lithography
Patent No. 11740548

Inventor(s): Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX), Takahiro Ueda (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18074082 on 12/02/2022 (270 days app to issue)

Abstract: A filtration formed nanostructure pellicle film is disclosed. The filtration formed nanostructure pellicle film includes a plurality of carbon nanofibers that are intersected randomly to form an interconnected network structure in a planar orientation. The interconnected structure allows for a high minimum EUV transmission rate of at least 92%, with a thickness ranging from a lower limit of 3 nm to an upper limit of 100 nm, to allow for effective EUV lithography processing.

[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography, sensitive layers or processes G03G)

Systems and methods for reducing stranded power capacity
Patent No. 11740674

Inventor(s): Steven Martin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17656684 on 03/28/2022 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein make previously stranded power capacity (power that is provisioned for a data center according to a computing system”s nameplate power consumption but is currently not useable) available to the data center. Systems described herein generate empirical power profiles that specify expected upper bounds for the power consumption levels that applications trigger. Using the upper bounds for application power-consumption levels, a computing system described herein can reliably release part of its provisioned nameplate power for other systems or data center consumers, reducing the amount of stranded power in a data center. The method described herein avoids performance penalties for most jobs by using sensor measurements made at a rapid rate explained herein to ensure that a system power cap based on running application”s measured peak power consumption is reliable with reference to the power capacitance inherent in the computing system.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Tactile feedback glove
Patent No. 11740699

Inventor(s): Angelina Dong (Dallas, TX), Christina Dong (Dallas, TX), Tarini Gupta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16899186 on 06/11/2020 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tactile feedback glove for use in an extravehicular activity (EVA) environment by an astronaut is described. The tactile feedback glove is formed by a glove having an outer layer, a second layer and inner bladder, wherein the inner bladder encloses a gas environment suitable for an astronaut”s hand. A force sensor is attached to a fingertip of each finger of the glove on an inner surface of the outer layer to sense the pressure applied at the associated fingertip. A haptic feedback device is attached to the fingertip of each finger of the glove on an outer surface of the inner bladder. Each haptic feedback device is adjacent to each associated force sensor and positioned to provide tactile feedback for the associated finger. A visual feedback device is also attached to an outer surface of the outer layer of the glove in a visual field of the astronaut. A controller receives a signal from each force sensor indicative of the force applied by the wearer at the associated fingertip, and sends a feedback signal to drive each haptic feedback device and the visual feedback device to provide tactile and visual feedback to the wearer when the signal from one of the force sensors meets preprogrammed levels.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Alleviating memory hotspots on systems with multiple memory controllers
Patent No. 11740800

Inventor(s): Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17354676 on 06/22/2021 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums that provide a memory allocation mechanism that evenly spreads the allocations for an application over all the MCs on the system, thus minimizing congestion and resulting in optimal application performance.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Autonomous vehicle software version assessment
Patent No. 11740885

Inventor(s): Craig M. Main (Allen, TX), Richard A. Novak (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE REATH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16914337 on 06/27/2020 (1158 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. In certain aspects, with the customer”s permission, a computer-implemented method for updating an autonomous operation feature may be provided. An indication of a software update associated with the autonomous operation feature may be received, and several autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles having the feature may be identified. The update may be installed within the several vehicles, such as via wireless communication. Also, a change in a risk level associated with the update to the autonomous operation feature may be determined, and an insurance discount may be determined or adjusted. As a result, an insurance discount may be provided to risk averse customers that affirmatively share their vehicle data with an insurance provider, and promptly and remotely receive new versions of software that operate autonomous vehicle safety features.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Registering a custom atomic operation with the operating system
Patent No. 11740929

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17074823 on 10/20/2020 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: Chiplet systems may include a memory controller that has programmable atomic units that execute programmable atomic transactions. These instructions are stored in one or more memory partitions of memory in the programmable atomic unit. Since the programmable atomic unit executes programmable atomic transactions that are customized for various processes, and since the programmable atomic unit is a physical resource shared by multiple processes, the processes need a way of both loading the programmable atomic unit memory with instructions and a method of calling those instructions. Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for registering, calling, and virtualizing programmable atomic transactions.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Global coherence operations
Patent No. 11740930

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Neelima Muralidharan (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17713287 on 04/05/2022 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a L2 controller, a request to perform a global operation on a L2 cache and preventing new blocking transactions from entering a pipeline coupled to the L2 cache while permitting new non-blocking transactions to enter the pipeline. Blocking transactions include read transactions and non-victim write transactions. Non-blocking transactions include response transactions, snoop transactions, and victim transactions. The method further includes, in response to an indication that the pipeline does not contain any pending blocking transactions, preventing new snoop transactions from entering the pipeline while permitting new response transactions and victim transactions to enter the pipeline; in response to an indication that the pipeline does not contain any pending snoop transactions, preventing, all new transactions from entering the pipeline; and, in response to an indication that the pipeline does not contain any pending transactions, performing the global operation on the L2 cache.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Error correction hardware with fault detection
Patent No. 11740968

Inventor(s): Abhishek Ganapati Karkisaval (Karnataka, , IN), Indu Prathapan (Karnataka, , IN), Saket Jalan (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824605 on 05/25/2022 (461 days app to issue)

Abstract: Error correction code (ECC) hardware includes write generation (Gen) ECC logic and a check ECC block coupled to an ECC output of a memory circuit with read Gen ECC logic coupled to an XOR circuit that outputs a syndrome signal to a syndrome decode block coupled to a single bit error correction block. A first MUX receives the write data is in series with an input to the write Gen ECC logic or a second MUX receives the read data from the memory circuit in series with an input of the read Gen ECC logic. A cross-coupling connector couples the read data from the memory circuit to a second input of the first MUX or for coupling the write data to a second input of the second MUX. An ECC bit comparator compares an output of the write Gen ECC logic to the read Gen ECC logic output.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Instruction error handling
Patent No. 11740973

Inventor(s): Matthew B. Smittle (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17173093 on 02/10/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: An instruction storage circuit within a processor that includes an instruction memory and a memory control circuit. The instruction memory is configured to store instructions of a program for the processor. The memory control circuit is configured to receive a particular instruction from the instruction memory, detect a data integrity error in the particular instruction, and generate and store a corrected version of the particular instruction in an error storage circuit within the instruction memory. A flush of an execution pipeline may be performed in response to the error. In response to a refetch of the particular instruction after the pipeline flush, the instruction storage circuit may be configured to cause the particular instruction to be provided from the error storage circuit to the execution pipeline to permit forward progress of the processor.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Stacked memory device system interconnect directory-based cache coherence methodology
Patent No. 11741012

Inventor(s): John Leidel (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17066432 on 10/08/2020 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of host processors and a plurality of hybrid memory cube (HMC) devices configured as a distributed shared memory for the host processors. An HMC device includes a plurality of integrated circuit memory die including at least a first memory die arranged on top of a second memory die, and at least a portion of the memory of the memory die is mapped to include at least a portion of a memory coherence directory; and a logic base die including at least one memory controller configured to manage three-dimensional (3D) access to memory of the plurality of memory die by at least one second device, and logic circuitry configured to implement a memory coherence protocol for data stored in the memory of the plurality of memory die.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and apparatus to facilitate fully pipelined read-modify-write support in level 1 data cache using store queue and data forwarding
Patent No. 11741020

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882238 on 05/22/2020 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate fully pipelined read-modify-write support in level 1 data cache using store queue and data forwarding. An example apparatus includes a first storage, a second storage, a store queue coupled to the first storage and the second storage, the store queue operable to receive a first memory operation specifying a first set of data, process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first storage and the second storage, receive a second memory operation, and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first storage and the second storage, feedback the first set of data for use in the second memory operation.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Object recognition and detection using reinforcement learning
Patent No. 11741152

Inventor(s): Michael L. Carroll (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038983 on 09/30/2020 (1063 days app to issue)

Abstract: Discussed generally are techniques for managing operation of programs in a sequential order. A method can include receiving a query for an image, the query indicating characteristics of the image, selecting a chain of algorithms configured to identify the image based on the characteristics, operating an algorithm of the selected chain of algorithms that operate in increased fidelity order on an input to produce a first result, operating a ground truth algorithm on the input to generate a second result, comparing the first and second results to determine a probability of correctness (Pc) and confidence interval (CI) for the algorithm, and altering the chain of algorithms based on the determined Pc and CI.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Hierarchical multi-tier language processing platform
Patent No. 11741158

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Prejish Thomas (Plano, TX), Priyank R. Shah (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX), Saahithi Chillara (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17726226 on 04/21/2022 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for increasing the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of language processing systems. A provided method may include storing a plurality of modules in a database. The method may include configuring the plurality of modules in a multi-tier tree architecture. The method may include receiving an utterance. The method may include processing the utterance via a natural language processing (NLP) engine. The method may include routing the utterance. The routing may include identifying a highest tier module that matches a predetermined portion of the utterance. The method may include compiling a result set of modules. The method may include transmitting the result set of modules to the system user. The result set of modules may include a comprehensive and narrowly tailored response to the user request.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Blockchain-based hours-of-service system
Patent No. 11741239

Inventor(s): Aaron Swearingen (Crystal, MN)
Assignee(s): OMNITRACS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16163022 on 10/17/2018 (1777 days app to issue)

Abstract: The described features of the present disclosure generally relate to one or more improved systems for recording and managing the electronic information associated with driving activities (e.g., driver log information) obtained from the one or more mobile computing platforms (ELDs) associated with one or more vehicles in a distributed ledger managed by a blockchain network. Accordingly, features of the present disclosure provide a secure and tamper-resistant way to manage driver log records for audit and compliance purposes.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Data access control using data block level encryption
Patent No. 11741248

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16545169 on 08/20/2019 (1470 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information security system that includes a data control engine configured to receive a data file and to segment the data file into a set of data blocks that each contain a portion of data from the data file. The data control engine is further configured to associate the set of data blocks with a reference tag and to store an association between the set of data blocks and the reference tag. The data control engine is further configured to identify an access key for encrypting each data block, to encrypt each data block with a corresponding access key, and to store an association between each data block and each corresponding access key. The data control engine is further configured to store each data block in a memory and to store location information identifying the location of each data block in the memory.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Computer aided design (CAD)-based foam part generation for seat designs
Patent No. 11741270

Inventor(s): Marc Attar (Somerville, MA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16398924 on 04/30/2019 (1582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include an access engine and a foam part generation engine. The access engine may be configured to access a computer-aided design (CAD) seat surface that represents a seat surface of a seat design and access seat parameters for the seat design. The foam part generation engine may be configured to construct a CAD foam part for the seat design based on the CAD seat surface and the seat parameters.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and systems for user interface interaction
Patent No. 11741404

Inventor(s): Adil Sameer (Gilbert, AZ), Harsha Chaitanya Katkam (Chandler, AZ), Jenna Fessler (Scottsdale, AZ), Rajat Sharma (Scottsdale, AZ), Umair Khalid (Humble, TX), Varun Reddy Penna (Tempe, AZ), Vijay Kumar Ravula (Gilbert, AZ,
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16674941 on 11/05/2019 (1393 days app to issue)

Abstract: A configuration architecture is described. The configuration architecture may be in communication with a task management application to efficiently generate customized programs.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Blockchain-based transaction mechanisms
Patent No. 11741439

Inventor(s): John Ellis Stafira (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Ashburn, VA)
Law Firm: Volentine, Whitt Francos, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17154331 on 01/21/2021 (950 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for implementing a set of transaction mediums dedicated to a common commitment includes obtaining a set of transaction mediums at a first networked transaction node. The method also includes individually transacting each of the transaction mediums to a second networked transaction node in a first transaction. The method further includes individually, separately and uniquely marking each of the transaction mediums with a first identifiable characteristic limited only to the set of transaction mediums.

Automated purchasing systems and methods
Patent No. 11741447

Inventor(s): Cory A. Matheson (Celina, TX), Zachery C. Lake (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035063 on 09/28/2020 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises a server for enabling automatic shopping. The server may associate a shopping cart with a customer”s electronic user device. The server may monitor the locations of the electronic user device. Based on the customer”s location, the server may identify the shelves and items the customer has visited. When an item is lifted from the shelf, at least one weight sensor on the shelf may detect the weight change. The server may receive a notification comprising an amount of weight change from the weight sensor on the shelf. When the customer places the item into his/her shopping cart, the weight sensor on the shopping cart may detect the weight addition. If the weight change and weight addition match, the analytic server may determine that the item picked up from the shelf is placed within the customer”s shopping cart.

Privacy preservation in private consensus networks
Patent No. 11741458

Inventor(s): Jonathan Huntington Rhea (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17496438 on 10/07/2021 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include determining that a private transaction is to be recorded in a distributed ledger system (DLS) based on a consensus protocol executed by a set of entities participating in the DLS, the private transaction including a transaction between a subset of entities of the set of entities, providing a set of noisy transactions based on a transaction model, and transmitting data representative of at least a portion of the private transaction, and data representative of each noisy transaction in the set of noisy transactions for recording in the DLS based on the consensus protocol.

Remote monitoring with artificial intelligence and awareness machines
Patent No. 11741562

Inventor(s): Abhijit R. Nesarikar (Plano, TX), Anika A. Nesarikar (Plano, TX), Ashlesha A. Nesarikar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17906844 on 06/12/2021 (808 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for awareness machines and artificial intelligence (AI) based community wide care that may monitor one or more event in one or more domain are described. In an embodiment, a community wide care may monitor one or more event in real-time. In another embodiment, a multifaceted community wide care may enhance intelligence and awareness regarding one or more event. A functional performance measure (FPM) is described for the community wide care and the multifaceted community wide care. In an embodiment, one or more FPM for a community wide care may be evaluated to analyze performance and viability of the community wide care. The one or more FPM may be formulated with one or more metric, which may be computed to derive one or more performance indicator for the community wide care.

Systems and methods for modifying a safety boundary for virtual reality systems
Patent No. 11741649

Inventor(s): Jason Dong Uk Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC (Menlo Park, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17665211 on 02/04/2022 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include establishing a virtual boundary for a virtual-world environment in reference to a real-world environment, and determining whether the virtual boundary requires a correction. The method may include providing, in response to determining that the virtual boundary requires the correction, and alert and, in response to the alert, receiving a request from a user to modify the virtual boundary. The method may further include monitoring, in response to the request from the user, an orientation of a direction indicator to generate orientation data, and modifying the virtual boundary based on the orientation data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

System and method for conducting a game including a computer-controlled player
Patent No. 11741794

Inventor(s): Fredrik A. Dahl (Loerenskog, , NO)
Assignee(s): Brain Games, L.C. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17544380 on 12/07/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for conducting a game between at least one computer-controlled player and at least one live player includes a plurality of neural nets. Each of the plurality of neural nets are associated with a different game state of a game. A plurality of instructions are stored in a data storage and executable by a data processor. The data processor determines a current state vector for the game responsive to game states of the game. The processor selects a neural net from the plurality of neural nets responsive to the current state vector. The data processor feeds the current state vector to the selected neural net and the selected neural net generates an output vector from the selected neural net responsive to the current state vector. The output vector provides a plurality of candidate meta-actions. The plurality of candidate meta-actions associated with the output vector are weighted responsive to a probability associated therewith. One of the weighted plurality of candidate meta-actions are randomly selected. The randomly selected meta-action are then run for the at least one computer-controlled player.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Automated teller machine with an adjustable display
Patent No. 11741797

Inventor(s): Michael Bailey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17588926 on 01/31/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automated teller machine (”ATM”) is described. The ATM can be provided with an interface area which includes a display unit and one or more sensors. The display unit can move relative to the interface area so that the display is better accessible for a user of the ATM. For example, the display can make translational or rotational movements, e.g., telescoping movements. The ATM can include a sensor which can detect an object, a location for the object and a distance from the object. Using this information, the ATM can move or guide the display in a direction which makes the display more accessible for the user.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Building automation emergency response system
Patent No. 11741810

Inventor(s): Kenneth Craig Nemeth (Quebec, , CA)
Assignee(s): Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124544 on 12/17/2020 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: A server associated with a building automation emergency response system, receives indications of a detected emergency from sensors distributed among zones in the building, comprising a sensor reading level and a sensor identity. The server determines a zone danger level, based on the sensor identity and on the sensor reading levels. The server calculates an evacuation route commencing from user interfaces distributed among the zones. The user interfaces include a display device. The evacuation route is calculated to traverse the zones with a lower route danger level. The evacuation route is directed toward a safe exit, based on a floor plan. The server then transmits a depiction of the evacuation route to the user interfaces for display. The server continues receiving updated indications from the sensors, determines updated route danger levels, calculates an updated evacuation route, and transmits an updated depiction of the evacuation route to the user interfaces for display. NULL

Methods and systems for performing correlation-based parking availability estimation
Patent No. 11741836

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17169144 on 02/05/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing correlation-based parking availability estimation is provided. The method includes retrieving a plurality of parking availability correlation models, wherein each of the parking availability correlation models estimates parking availability for a target parking block based on parking availability for one or more other parking blocks; selecting a subset of the parking availability correlation models, wherein the subset comprises parking availability correlation models that estimate parking availability of the target parking block based on parking availability for one or more other parking blocks for which current parking availability is known; selecting a parking availability correlation model from the subset based on a model quality indicator associated with each parking availability correlation model; and estimating parking availability for the target parking block based on the selected parking availability correlation model.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

Systems and methods for interface-based machine learning model output customization
Patent No. 11741849

Inventor(s): Scott Hellman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. (Bloomington, MN)
Law Firm: QUARLES BRADY LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16281048 on 02/20/2019 (1651 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Memory device with a clocking mechanism
Patent No. 11742008

Inventor(s): Jason M. Brown (Allen, TX), Todd A. Dauenbaugh (Richardson, TX), Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240921 on 04/26/2021 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a first data driver configured to send according to a first clock signal a first data to a first data port; a second data driver configured to send according to a second clock signal a second data to a second data port, wherein the second clock signal does not match the first clock signal.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Municipal wireless network
Patent No. 11743739

Inventor(s): Austin Enty (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17358269 on 06/25/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A municipal wireless network includes a base unit having a twist-style electrical plug that mates with an electrical receptacle on a typical streetlamp. Within the base-unit interior is a long-range wireless transceiver, such as that commonly referred to as Wi-Fi. The transceiver is in wireless communication with a central hub that is connected to a server via a wired or wireless phone system. Accordingly, when a base unit is connected to each of the streetlamps within a given jurisdiction, a universal wireless network is established.

Air energy storage powered uninterruptible power supply
Patent No. 11744047

Inventor(s): Brandon McDaniel (Flower Mound, TX), John A. Musilli, Jr. (San Diego, CA), Matthew Douglas Koerner (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee(s): Caeli, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652074 on 02/22/2022 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes at least one storage tank configured to store at least one of first compressed air or liquid air. The system also includes a power supply system comprising a turbine, a generator, and a flywheel. The power supply system is configured to receive second compressed air from the at least one storage tank, wherein the second compressed air comprises either the first compressed air or the liquid air which has been heated into a gaseous state; spin the turbine and the flywheel using the second compressed air, wherein the spinning of the turbine generates electrical energy at the generator; provide the electrical energy to a data center for powering electronic devices of the data center; and provide at least a portion of the second compressed air exhausted by the turbine to the data center for cooling the electronic devices of the data center.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Judication engine
Patent No. 11741374

Inventor(s): Ian P. Difranco (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Law Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17077128 on 10/22/2020 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial intelligence engine is trained via a historical data set derived from communication events to and from mobile platforms under various environmental conditions. The artificial intelligence engine makes dynamic predictions about optimum available communications assets and settings over the entire available frequency spectrum. The artificial intelligence engine may determine and store a quality metric associated with each prediction. Such stored data is used to refine the artificial intelligence engines predictive algorithms. The artificial intelligence engine is trained via analysis of linear and / or nonlinear equations, including partial differential equations, associating various factors to potential communication channels.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method of reducing voids and seams in trench structures by forming semi-amorphous polysilicon
Patent No. 11742208

Inventor(s): Azghar H Khazi-Syed (Arlington, TX), Damien Thomas Gilmore (Allen, TX), Eugene Clayton Davis (McKinney, TX), Jonathan P. Davis (Allen, TX), Jonathan Roy Garrett (Garland, TX), Kaneez Eshaher Banu (Plano, TX), Khanh Quang
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16829862 on 03/25/2020 (1252 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device with a trench structure is formed by forming a trench in a substrate, forming a seed layer in the trench, the seed layer including an amorphous dielectric material; and forming semi-amorphous polysilicon on the amorphous dielectric material. The semi-amorphous polysilicon has amorphous silicon regions separated by polycrystalline silicon. Subsequent thermal processes used in fabrication of the microelectronic device may convert the semi-amorphous polysilicon in the trench to a polysilicon core. In one aspect, the seed layer may be formed on sidewalls of the trench, contacting the substrate. In another aspect, a polysilicon outer layer may be formed in the trench before forming the seed layer, and the seed layer may be formed on the polysilicon layer.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Flippable leadframe for packaged electronic system having vertically stacked chip and components
Patent No. 11742263

Inventor(s): Anis Fauzi Bin Abdul Aziz (Melaka, , MY), Lee Han Meng@ Eugene Lee (Johor, , MY), Wei Fen Sueann Lim (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16953189 on 11/19/2020 (1013 days app to issue)

Abstract: A leadframe for electronic systems comprising a first sub-leadframe connected by links to a second sub-leadframe, the first and second sub-leadframe connected by tiebars to a frame; and each link having a neck suitable for bending the link, the necks arrayed in a line operable as the axis for bending the second sub-leadframe towards the first sub-leadframe with the necks operable as rotation pivots.

Exposed heat-generating devices
Patent No. 11742265

Inventor(s): Bo-Hsun Pan (Taoyuan, , TW), Chi-Chen Chien (New Taipei, , TW), Fu-Hua Yu (New Taipei, , TW), Hung-Yu Chou (Taipei, , TW), Steven Alfred Kummerl (Carrollton, TX), Yuh-Harng Chien (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16660713 on 10/22/2019 (1407 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor package comprises a lead frame. The lead frame includes a first row of leads; a first pad coupled to the first row of leads; a second row of leads; and a second pad coupled to the second row of leads, the first and second pads separated by a gap. The semiconductor package includes a heat-generating device coupled to the first and second pads and exposed to an exterior of the semiconductor package.

Electronic device topside cooling
Patent No. 11742266

Inventor(s): James Raymond Maliclic Baello (Mabalacat, , PH), Laura May Antoinette Dela Paz Clemente (Antipolo, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16711753 on 12/12/2019 (1356 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises removing a portion of molding compound from a side of a package structure by a laser ablation process to create an opening that exposes a portion of a conductive clip, depositing solder paste on the exposed portion of the conductive clip, and reflowing the solder paste. The laser ablation process in one example is a pulsed laser ablation process that includes raster scanning a laser along a portion of the side of the package structure to create the opening. Depositing the solder paste in one example includes performing a dispense process or a screening process that deposits solder paste in the opening onto the exposed portion of the conductive clip.

Power electronics assembly having flipped chip transistors
Patent No. 11742267

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17068070 on 10/12/2020 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems provide for technology that includes a transistor assembly for a power electronics apparatus having a plurality of transistor pairs arranged in a common plane, where for each pair of transistors one transistor is flipped relative to the other transistor. The technology further includes a first lead frame arranged parallel to and electrically coupled to the first transistor in each transistor pair, a second lead frame coplanar to the first lead frame and arranged parallel to and electrically coupled to the second transistor in each transistor pair, and a plurality of output lead frames arranged coplanar to each other, where each respective output lead frame is arranged parallel to and electrically coupled to a respective one pair of the plurality of transistor pairs.

Split tie bar for clip stability
Patent No. 11742318

Inventor(s): Dolores Babaran Milo (Baguio, , PH), Ernesto Pentecostes Rafael, Jr. (Pampanga, , PH), Michael Flores Milo (Baguio, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17239053 on 04/23/2021 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gang clip includes a plurality of clips formed from a metal each having a center region oriented along a first plane and an angled clip foot having a foot height, a length and a bend angle sufficient to electrically contact a lead terminal of the leadframe to be used to form a device. Adjacent ones of the plurality of clips are joined to one another by a first tie bar also oriented along the first plane. The first tie bar extends to a saw street region located between adjacent ones of the clips. A second tie bar attached to the first tie bar is positioned in the saw street region.

Electronic device with gallium nitride transistors and method of making same
Patent No. 11742390

Inventor(s): Dong Seup Lee (Mckinney, TX), Nicholas S. Dellas (Dallas, TX), Qhalid R S Fareed (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085558 on 10/30/2020 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fabrication methods and gallium nitride transistors, in which an electronic device includes a substrate, a buffer structure, a hetero-epitaxy structure over the buffer structure, and a transistor over or in the hetero-epitaxy structure. In one example, the buffer structure has an extrinsically carbon doped gallium nitride layer over a dual superlattice stack or over a multilayer composition graded aluminum gallium nitride stack, and a silicon nitride cap layer over the hetero-epitaxy structure.

Semiconductor device with an integrated deep trench capacitor having high capacitance density and low equivalent series resistance
Patent No. 11742436

Inventor(s): Binghua Hu (Plano, TX), Django Trombley (Dallas, TX), Yanbiao Pan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528716 on 11/17/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an integrated trench capacitor in a substrate, with a field oxide layer on the substrate. The trench capacitor includes trenches extending into semiconductor material of the substrate, and a capacitor dielectric in the trenches on the semiconductor material. The trench capacitor further includes an electrically conductive trench-fill material on the capacitor dielectric. A portion of the capacitor dielectric extends into the field oxide layer, between a first segment of the field oxide layer over the trench-fill material and a second segment of the field oxide layer over the semiconductor material. The integrated trench capacitor has a trench contact to the trench-fill material in each of the trenches, and substrate contacts to the semiconductor material around the trenches, with no substrate contacts between the trenches.

Structural gaseous material storage tank
Patent No. 11742500

Inventor(s): Joseph Dean Rainville (Fort Worth, TX), William Ben Johns (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16372341 on 04/01/2019 (1611 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tank has a body defining a chamber therein, the chamber is configured to store a gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, a first mounting element extending from the body, and a second mounting element extending from the body. The first mounting element and the second mounting element are configured for coupling to a first component of a vehicle and a second component of the vehicle, respectively, and the body is configured to carry a structural load between the first component and the second component when the first mounting element and the second mounting element are coupled thereto. The first component carries a propulsion device and the second component comprises at least one of a wing and a landing element. The tank further includes a stem having an orifice and the stem is configured for delivering the gas to the propulsion device through the orifice.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Remote electronic tilt base station antennas having adjustable RET linkages
Patent No. 11742575

Inventor(s): Sean Gregory Thomas (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045559 on 10/11/2022 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna includes a remote electronic tilt (”RET”) actuator, a phase shifter having a moveable element and a mechanical linkage extending between the RET actuator and the phase shifter. The mechanical linkage includes an adjustable RET linkage that has a first link that has a first connection element, a second link that has a second connection element and a connecting member that includes at least a third link. The adjustable RET linkage includes at least a first hinge and a second hinge.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Managing storage of electrical energy
Patent No. 11742683

Inventor(s): Laura Bower (Whitmore Lake, MI), Luke A. Rippelmeyer (Plano, TX), Takehito Yokoo (Aliso Viejo, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17230223 on 04/14/2021 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for managing storage of electrical energy can include an electromagnetic machine and a controller. The electromagnetic machine can have a rotor and a stator. The rotor can be configured to be connected to a shaft. One of the rotor or the stator can have first windings and second windings. The controller can be configured to control first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry can be configured to cause energy to flow from a first energy storage device to the first windings to cause the shaft to rotate. The second circuitry can be configured to cause energy to flow selectively: (1) from a second energy storage device to the second windings to cause the shaft to rotate or (2) from the second windings to the second energy storage device to cause the second energy storage device to be charged.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Boost converter and control method
Patent No. 11742758

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX), Heping Dai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664467 on 05/23/2022 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-level converter includes a first blocking device, a second blocking device, a first switching element and a second switching element connected in series between an output terminal of the multi-level converter and ground, a first soft switching apparatus comprising a first auxiliary switch and a first transformer, wherein the first auxiliary switch and the first transformer are configured the first switching element is of zero voltage switching, and the first auxiliary switch is of zero current switching, and a second soft switching apparatus comprising a second auxiliary switch and a second transformer, wherein the second auxiliary switch and the second transformer are configured the second switching element is of zero voltage switching, and the second auxiliary switch is of zero current switching.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Voltage converter with loop control
Patent No. 11742759

Inventor(s): Jian Guo (Beijing, , CN), Junjie Mai (Beijing, , CN), Weibing Jing (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17130775 on 12/22/2020 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: A voltage converter system includes a switch adapted to be coupled to an inductor, and configured to switch between first and second states responsive to a control signal. Calibration circuitry is configured to generate a calibration signal, including setting the calibration signal to a particular value for a particular time responsive to a transient from a first load condition of the voltage converter system to a second load condition of the voltage converter system. Control circuitry is coupled to the calibration circuitry and configured to generate the control signal based on a combination of a feedback voltage, a reference voltage, the calibration signal, and a periodic signal.

Class AB buffer with multiple output stages
Patent No. 11742810

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bengaluru, , IN), Nitin Agarwal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379046 on 07/19/2021 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: A class AB buffer includes an output stage and an input stage. The output stage includes a first output transistor and a second output transistor. The second output transistor is coupled to the first output transistor. The input stage is coupled to the output stage. The input stage includes a first cascode transistor, a first switch, a second cascode transistor, and a second switch. The first switch is coupled to the first cascode transistor and the first output transistor. The second switch is coupled to the first switch, the second cascode transistor, and the first output transistor.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Operational amplifier offset trim
Patent No. 11742811

Inventor(s): Srinivas K. Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094847 on 11/11/2020 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors, first and second current source devices, and a trim circuit. The first transistor has a first control input and a first current terminal. The second transistor has a second control input and a second current terminal. The third transistor had a third control input and third and fourth current terminals. The fourth transistor has a fourth control input and fifth and sixth current terminals. The first current source is coupled between a first power supply node and the third current terminal. The second current source is coupled between the first supply node and the fifth current terminal. The trim circuit is coupled between the fourth current terminal and a second power supply node, and is coupled between the sixth current terminal and the second power supply node. The trim circuit includes a resistive digital-to-analog converter (RDAC) circuit.

Output pole-compensated operational amplifier
Patent No. 11742812

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bengaluru, , IN), Saurabh Pandey (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242971 on 04/28/2021 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first transconductance stage having an output. The circuit further includes an output transconductance stage, and a first source-degenerated transistor having a first control input and first and second current terminals. The first control input is coupled to the output of the first transconductance stage. The circuit also includes a second transistor having a second control input and third and fourth current terminals. The third current terminal is coupled to the second current terminal and to the output transconductance stage.

Bulk acoustic wave resonators having convex surfaces, and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11742825

Inventor(s): Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16902008 on 06/15/2020 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: In bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators having convex surfaces, an example BAW resonator includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer having a convex surface, and a second electrode formed on the convex surface. An example integrated circuit (IC) package includes a BAW resonator in the IC package, the BAW resonator including a piezoelectric layer having a convex surface.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Noise disturbance rejection for power supply
Patent No. 11742840

Inventor(s): Tsing Hsu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Alpha and Omega Semiconductor International LP (Toronto, , CA)
Law Firm: Thompson Patent Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17662290 on 05/06/2022 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a power supply noise disturbance rejection circuit (NDRC) having a first circuit reference potential (CRP[b]1[/b]), a second circuit reference potential (CRP[b]2[/b]), and a galvanic link conductively connecting CRP[b]1[/b] and CRP[b]2[/b] and providing a non-zero resistance return path for at least one current mode signal (CMS). In an illustrative example, a power supply monitor circuit (PSMC) may be referenced to CRP[b]1[/b] and a control circuit to CRP[b]2[/b]. The PMSC may, for example, generate a voltage mode signal (VMS) relative to CRP[b]1[/b] and representing an output parameter of a power supply circuit (PSC), and convert the VMS into a first CMS (CMS[b]1[/b]). The control circuit may, for example, generate a control signal for the PSC from CMS[b]1[/b]. Various embodiments may advantageously attenuate a noise margin of a CMS presented at the control circuit by a factor of at least 10 relative to an equivalent VMS.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Deglitching circuit
Patent No. 11742841

Inventor(s): Vibha Goenka (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898111 on 08/29/2022 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first delay filter, a first comparator, an inverter, a second delay filter, a second comparator, an OR gate, and a latch. A first delay filter input is coupled to an inverter input. The first comparator has a first comparator input coupled to a first delay filter output and a second comparator input. The second delay filter has an input coupled to an inverter output. The second comparator has a third comparator input coupled to a second delay filter output, and a fourth comparator input coupled to the second comparator input. The OR gate has an input coupled to a first comparator output and another input coupled to a second comparator output. The latch has a clock input coupled to an OR gate output and a latch input coupled to the inverter input. A latch output provides a deglitched signal.

Semiconductor switches for high voltage operations
Patent No. 11742846

Inventor(s): Rajat Kulshrestha (Bangalore, , IN), Rohan Sinha (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17847917 on 06/23/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: Semiconductor switches for high voltage operations are described. The semiconductor switch includes a first DE-NMOS FET including a gate coupled to a node of the switch with its source and drain coupled to input and output nodes, respectively. The switch also includes a second DE-NMOS FET with a drain coupled to the node. A gate of the second DE-NMOS FET is configured to receive a signal enabling or disabling the switch. The switch includes a voltage source (e.g., a voltage-controlled voltage source) coupled to the node, which supplies a first voltage at the node. The first voltage is greater than a second voltage at the input node by a predetermined amount such that the first DE-NMOS FET may operate within a safe operating area while supporting high voltage operations. The switch also includes a current source configured to supply current to the voltage source.

Method and apparatus for multiplexing and omitting channel state information
Patent No. 11742918

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447810 on 09/15/2021 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a UE for CSI reporting in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a BS, configuration information for a CSI report, the CSI report comprising a first CSI part and a second CSI part, the second CSI part including a total of K[superscript]NZ [/superscript]non-zero coefficients across layers, determining a priority value for each of the total of K[superscript]NZ [/superscript]non-zero coefficients, partitioning the second CSI part into Group 0, Group 1, and Group 2 such that, based on the determined priority values of the total of K[superscript]NZ [/superscript]non-zero coefficients, indicators to non-zero coefficients having higher priority values are included in Group 1 and indicators to non-zero coefficients having lower priority values are included in Group 2, and transmitting, to the BS over an uplink (UL) channel, UL control information (UCI) including Group 0 or (Group 0, Group 1) or (Group 0, Group 1, Group 2) of the second CSI part.

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Methods and apparatus for mitigating codebook inaccuracy when using hierarchical beam operations
Patent No. 11742925

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191586 on 03/03/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a BS includes: receiving a first measurement report indicating information about at least first and second wide beams in a set of wide beams for a beam selection, the first measurement report generated based on measurement of a first set of child narrow beams of the first wide beam; determining whether a condition is detected for requesting measurement of a second set of child narrow beams of a second wide beam in the set of wide beams; determining to request the UE to measure the second set of child narrow beams of the second wide beam and; selecting a child narrow beam for use from one of the first set of child narrow beams and the second set of child narrow beams; and selecting the child narrow beam for use from the first set of child narrow beams.

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Time division duplex (TDD) network protection repeater
Patent No. 11742931

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17361167 on 06/28/2021 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for a time division duplex (TDD) repeater with network protection. The TDD repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, and one or more amplification paths coupled between the first port and the second port. The TDD repeater can comprise a signal detector configured to measure a received signal power for a downlink (DL) signal in a first set of one or more TDD DL subframes. The TDD repeater can be further configured to adjust an uplink (UL) noise power or gain of the one or more amplification paths based on the received signal power for the DL signal in the first set of the one or more TDD DL subframes.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Noise estimation in optical networks
Patent No. 11742947

Inventor(s): Inwoong Kim (Allen, TX), Olga I. Vassilieva (Plano, TX), Paparao Palacharla (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): FUJITSU LIMITED (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: Maschoff Brennan (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17691045 on 03/09/2022 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include directing transmission of a first optical noise signal along a frequency channel of an optical network at a first power level. The first optical noise signal may include a notch at a frequency in the frequency channel. The method may also include while transmission of the first optical noise signal occurs along the frequency channel, obtaining a measurement of a first noise level at the frequency and obtaining a measurement of a second noise level at the frequency. The frequency channel may include a second power level when the measurement of the second noise level is obtained and the second power level may be different than the first power level. The method may further include estimating a noise level of an optical data signal transmitted along the frequency channel based on the first noise level and the second noise level.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Transmission rate adaptation
Patent No. 11742979

Inventor(s): Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI), Miika Niiranen (Pirkkala, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17783398 on 12/18/2019 (1350 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for transmission rate adaptation of one or more data units, the method including: receiving, by an adapter, the adapter including an adaptation circuitry, a plurality of data units according to a first transmission rate and at least one delay character separating two consecutive data units; and transmitting, by the adapter, each of the plurality of data units received according to a second transmission rate, wherein the second transmission rate is determined based on the at least one delay character received.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Charging control for non-public network
Patent No. 11743063

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17588554 on 01/31/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) comprises one or more processors and memory storing instructions. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the SMF to send, to a policy control function (PCF), a policy request message. The policy request message comprises a non-public network (NPN) identifier of an NPN through which a wireless device accesses a public land mobile network (PLMN) and a PLMN identifier of the PLMN. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the SMF to receive, from the PCF, a policy response message comprising a charging control policy.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Gateway device and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11743076

Inventor(s): Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17677425 on 02/22/2022 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within an in-wall housing, which also interconnectedly includes a processor, memory, various physical ports and wireless transceivers. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Sample-and-hold-based retimer supporting link training
Patent No. 11743080

Inventor(s): Abishek Manian (San Jose, CA), Amit Rane (Santa Clara, CA), Ashwin Kottilvalappil Vijayan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17083008 on 10/28/2020 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: A linear retimer includes an equalizer, a clock recovery circuit, a sample and hold (S/H) circuit, and a linear driver. The equalizer receives an input signal and outputs an equalized signal. The clock recovery circuit receives the equalized signal and outputs a clock signal. The S/H circuit receives the equalized signal and the clock signal and outputs a retimed signal. The linear driver receives the retimed signal and outputs a recovered signal. The S/H circuit is configured to preserve a voltage of the equalized signal in the retimed signal. In some examples, the S/H circuit is part of a linear three-tap feedforward equalizer, and the linear driver receives an output of the feedforward equalizer. The linear retimer can be placed between a transmitter and a channel or after the channel.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Cross-platform programmable network communication
Patent No. 11743102

Inventor(s): Alan Gatherer (Dallas, TX), Chaitali Sengupta (Richardson, TX), Sudipta Sen (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cirrus360 LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Emery LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17339800 on 06/04/2021 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for cross-platform programmable network communication. The method includes receiving, at a network toolchain, instructions for network hardware of a radio access network (RAN), the instructions comprising a domain specific language for the RAN. The method also includes determining through the network toolchain an architectural model for the network hardware, the architectural model comprising network patterns of the network hardware. The method also includes generating, by the network toolchain, translated instructions based on the instructions, the translated instructions comprising a configuration and control layer (CCL) code. The method also includes sending the CCL code to the network hardware. The method also includes executing the CCL code by the network hardware. The method also includes causing the network hardware to perform a network function based on execution of the CCL code.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Cellular network cloud application controlled slice management
Patent No. 11743125

Inventor(s): Ashish Bansal (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C (Littleton, CO)
Law Firm: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND STOCKTON, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17318208 on 05/12/2021 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various systems and methods for cellular network slice management are presented. A cloud-based application may be determined to be authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with user equipment. A request can be received from the cloud-based application to modify the cellular network slice from the cloud-based application. In response to the request, a parameter of the cellular network slice may be modified. The cellular network can then use the modified slice for communication with user equipment for the cloud-based application.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Automating and extending path tracing through wireless links
Patent No. 11743160

Inventor(s): Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816887 on 08/02/2022 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automating and extending path tracing through wireless links is provided by receiving request to perform a network trace over a wireless link provided by an Access Point (AP) configured as a transparent forwarder between a trace source and a trace target; monitoring a trace packet from a first time of arrival at the AP, a first time of departure from the AP, a second time of arrival at the AP, and a second time of departure from the AP; monitoring a buffer status of the AP at the first time of arrival and the second time of arrival; and in response to identifying a network anomaly based on the trace packet and the buffer status, adjusting a network setting at the AP.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Routing network traffic associated with an application based on a transaction of the application
Patent No. 11743196

Inventor(s): Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813664 on 07/20/2022 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method can include detecting a transaction associated with an application; identifying a characteristic of the transaction; determining a priority for network traffic associated with the application, based on the identified characteristic; selecting, from a plurality of types of networks that are communicatively coupled with the user device and based on the priority for the network traffic, a network type for the network traffic; and causing the network traffic to be routed, from the user device, through a network device associated with the selected network type.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Controlling access to secure information resources using rotational datasets and dynamically configurable data containers
Patent No. 11743262

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17492791 on 10/04/2021 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling access to secure information resources using rotational datasets and dynamically configurable data containers. A computing platform may receive, from a first enterprise user computing device, a first data transfer request comprising information scheduling a first data transfer operation. Based on receiving the first data transfer request, the computing platform may retrieve first information from a first data track computing platform. Subsequently, the computing platform may configure a second data track computing platform to receive the first information. After configuring the second data track computing platform, the computing platform may send, to the second data track computing platform, the first information. In addition, sending the first information to the second data track computing platform may cause the second data track computing platform to store the first information retrieved from the first data track computing platform.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Microservices anomaly detection
Patent No. 11743281

Inventor(s): Sunny Behl (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18138883 on 04/25/2023 (126 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are system and methods for detecting anomalies in microservices. A server may receive a first plurality of metrics from a microservice of a plurality of microservices. Each of the microservices may provide a respective function for an application independently from other microservices. The server may apply the first plurality of metrics to an ensemble of anomaly detection models to generate classifications. Each of the classifications may indicate the first plurality of metrics as one of anomalous or normal from a respective model of the ensemble. The ensemble may be trained using a second plurality of metrics from the microservice. The server may identify a majority of the plurality of classifications as indicating the first plurality of metrics as anomalous. The server may determine that at least one of the first plurality of metrics satisfies a threshold. The server may generate an alert to indicate an anomaly event.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Relay-attack resistant communications
Patent No. 11743283

Inventor(s): Khanh Tuan Le (Nesbru, , NO), Tomas Motos (Oslo, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17113521 on 12/07/2020 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of relay-attack resistant communications in a wireless communications system that includes a master wireless device (Master) sending a synchronization signal to a slave wireless device (Slave). The synchronization signal includes timing information including a common time reference and a timeslot duration for interlocking Master communication timeslots for Master and Slave communication timeslots so that an alternating TX and RX role pattern is provided. The Master analyzes Slave packet data received from the Slave to identify overlaps of a transmission from the Master and the slave packet data, and in a case of detecting overlap, suspends communications from Master to Slave to prevent a relay-attack.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for generating a two-dimensional selectable user experience element
Patent No. 11743318

Inventor(s): Bradley Howard Cruse (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17846735 on 06/22/2022 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for generating a two-dimensional selectable user experience (UX) element are disclosed. A client device having a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving user input is configured to run interface applications. The client device is coupled with one or more server devices via a communication network. The one or more server devices provides user interface (UI) metadata. A processor causes a receiver to receive the UI metadata from the one or more server devices; generates, at the client device, a two-dimensional (2D) selectable user experience (UX) element based on the received UI metadata; receives a single action user input to select a single desired field, which conveys two desired actions, from the 2D selectable UX element; and executes the two desired actions based on the selected single desired field from the 2D selectable UX element.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Mobile network switching
Patent No. 11743352

Inventor(s): Amandeep Singh (Carrollton, TX), Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX), Sai Srinivas Gorti (Coppell, TX), Sharath Prasad Krishna Prasad (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17804156 on 05/26/2022 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a method for selecting a service provider for an application. The method includes detecting a plurality of available service providers for an application running on a computing device. The method further includes comparing service information for each of the plurality of service providers to a set of service provider selection factors for the application. The method further includes selecting a first service provider of the plurality of service providers to provide service for the application.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Monitoring systems and methods for personal safety
Patent No. 11743372

Inventor(s): Terry Benton (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094376 on 11/10/2020 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring a condition of a person includes receiving, at a computerized device, at least one signal from a condition sensor and determining if a condition is an emergency condition of a user based on the at least one signal.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Coding unit quantization parameters in video coding
Patent No. 11743464

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet Umut Demircin (Dallas, TX), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191748 on 03/04/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Method and system to improve the performance of a video encoder
Patent No. 11743471

Inventor(s): Kedar Chitnis (Bangalore, , IN), Manoj Koul (Bangalore, , IN), Naveen Srinivasamurthy (Bangalore, , IN), Peter Labaziewicz (Allen, TX), Soyeb Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487034 on 09/28/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method and system to improve the performance of a video encoder. The method includes processing an initial video signal in a front-end image pre-processor to obtain a processed video signal and processor information respecting the signal, providing the processed video signal and the processor information to a video encoder, and encoding the video signal in the video encoder according to the processor information to provide an encoded video signal for storage. The system includes a video pre-processor connectable to receive an initial video signal. The video encoder in communication with the video pre-processor receives a processed video signal and a processor information. A storage medium in communication with the video encoder stores an encoded video signal.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Hierarchical inter-layer prediction in multi-loop scalable video coding
Patent No. 11743476

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520960 on 11/08/2021 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a method comprises receiving, by a decoder, a scalable bitstream including a plurality of layers of bitstreams The method comprises determining, by the decoder, a target layer of the plurality of layers of bitstreams to be decoded. The method also comprises demultiplexing, by the decoder, the plurality of layers of bitstreams from the scalable bitstream. The method further includes decoding, by the decoder, each of the plurality of layers of bitstreams that is at or below the target layer and associated with the target layer. The method also comprises outputting, by the decoder, a video based on each of the plurality of layers of bitstreams that is at or below the target layer and associated with the target layer.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Method and system for constraining slice header processing overhead in video coding
Patent No. 11743499

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781755 on 02/04/2020 (1302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains slice header processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum slice rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of slices for the picture based on the maximum slice rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of slices used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of slices.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Video providing textual content system and method
Patent No. 11743541

Inventor(s): Steve Bakke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Langley Law Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17579905 on 01/20/2022 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for interacting with a video includes a processor, a video decoder communicatively connected to the processor, a storage communicatively connected to the demultiplexer, the storage contains at least one video file having more than one video frame, at least one of the video frame including at least one respective metadata segment of the video frame, and an input device communicatively connected to the processor. The processor, responsive to the input device, processes the at least one of the video frame including the at least one respective metadata segment, controlling selection of another of the more than one video frame for the video decoder.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

System and method for AI enhanced shutter button user interface
Patent No. 11743574

Inventor(s): Youngjun Yoo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17484822 on 09/24/2021 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a camera, and a processing device. The processing device is configured to determine whether (i) a user”s face or eyes are within the camera”s field of view or (ii) a gaze of the user is directed towards the display. The processing device is also configured, in response to determining that (i) the user”s face or eyes are not within the camera”s field of view or (ii) the gaze of the user is not directed towards the display, to modify a user interface button presented on the display. The user interface button may represent a shutter button configured to cause the camera or another camera of the electronic device to capture one or more images.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

In-line chromatic aberration correction in wide dynamic range (WDR) image processing pipeline
Patent No. 11743612

Inventor(s): Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Mayank Mangla (Allen, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Pandy Kalimuthu (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17555145 on 12/17/2021 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) field, RAW sensor image processing for machine vision (MV) applications can be of critical importance. Due to red/green/blue (RGB) image components being focused by the lens at different locations in image plane, the lateral chromatic aberration (LCA) phenomenon may sometimes be observed, which causes false color around edges in the final image output, especially for high contrast edges, which can impede MV applications. Disclosed herein are low-latency, efficient, optimized designs for chromatic aberration correction (CAC) modules. In some embodiments, an in-pipeline CAC design is used that: is configured to perform on-the-fly CAC without any out-of-pipeline memory traffic; enables use of wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors; uses bicubic interpolation; supports vertical and horizontal chromatic aberration red/blue color channel offsets, reduces CAC line memory requirements, and supports flexible look-up table (LUT) down-sampling factors to improve the spatial precision of correction and accommodate popular image sensor resolutions.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Hearing aid and method for use of same
Patent No. 11743660

Inventor(s): Laslo Olah (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Institute of Science, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487377 on 09/28/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing includes a body that at least partially conforms to the contours of the external ear and is sized to engage therewith. Various electronic components are contained within the body, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a preferred hearing range, which may be an about 10 Hz frequency to an about 30 Hz frequency range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of a patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the preferred hearing range prior to output.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Systems and methods for utilizing models to identify location spoofing by user equipment
Patent No. 11743688

Inventor(s): Kurt Allen McIntyre (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224684 on 04/07/2021 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive user equipment (UE) location data identifying a latitude and a longitude of a UE, as reported by the UE, and may receive network location data identifying a latitude and a longitude of the UE, as reported by a core network. The device may process the UE location data and the network location data to determine a confidence score associated with an actual location of the UE. The device may process the UE location data and the network location data, when the confidence score is outside a confidence interval, to determine whether the UE location data is valid. The device may perform one or more actions based on determining whether the UE location data is valid.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for providing emergency codes to a mobile device
Patent No. 11743707

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Botos Churchill IP Law LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17883109 on 08/08/2022 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method at a user equipment for obtaining emergency codes using a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, the method including sending a request message to a network node, the request message containing an indication; and receiving, at the user equipment, a response message, the response message including at least one mobile country code (MCC), and the response message indicating an emergency number, type or category information, wherein the emergency number, type or category information is associated with the at least one MCC, and wherein the at least one MCC indicates a portion of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code to which the emergency number, type or category information applies.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Establishing untrusted non-3GPP sessions without compromising security
Patent No. 11743716

Inventor(s): Tariq Habibullah (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817891 on 08/05/2022 (389 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for establishing sessions over a network. A query can be sent, from a mobile device to an authoritative DNS server, requesting a session over a network. In response to the query, a list of available communication protocol options can be received from the authoritative DNS server. A specific communication protocol can be selected from the list of available communication protocol options, where the specific communication protocol is selected based on one or more performance metrics. A connection with a gateway device can then be initiated using the selected specific communication protocol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mobile cellular networks
Patent No. 11743740

Inventor(s): Chris Hill (Plano, TX), Joseph L. Uelk (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Oceus Networks, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17589412 on 01/31/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. The MCN can be managed by a network management control center (NMCC). The NMCC can be configured generate coverage maps of the NOM and NMC system coverage areas.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for Wi-Fi metric-based alarms for cloud-based Wi-Fi networks
Patent No. 11743746

Inventor(s): Adam Hotchkiss (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUME DESIGN, INC. (Palto Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17195777 on 03/09/2021 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and methods include obtaining data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data for Wi-Fi metric based alarms, each Wi-Fi metric based alarm being associated with detection of one of an offline Wi-Fi network of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, an offline node of the Wi-Fi network, instability of the Wi-Fi network, congestion in the Wi-Fi network, and interference in the Wi-Fi network; determining the Wi-Fi metric based alarms based on the analyzing; and performing one or more actions based on the determined Wi-Fi metric based alarms.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for managing mobile network congestion
Patent No. 11743762

Inventor(s): Kamakshi Sridhar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Amarok IP Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394829 on 08/05/2021 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing mobile network congestion including: determining cell metrics over a predetermined time interval for each cell of a plurality of cells; determining correlations between the cell metrics for each cell; determining whether any cell of the plurality of cell are congestion based on the correlations; determining a type of congestion for any cell determined to be congested; and determining traffic actions based on the type of congestion. A system for managing mobile network congestion having: a collection module configured to determine cell metrics over a predetermined time interval for each cell of a plurality of cells; a correlation module configured to determine correlations between the cell metrics; an analysis module configured to determine whether any cell is congestion based on the correlations and a type of congestion for any cell determined to be congested; and a traffic action module configured to determine traffic actions.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for differentiated traffic treatment for different traffic types associated with multi-persona applications
Patent No. 11743772

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX), Luay Jalil (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17358257 on 06/25/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the differentiated Quality of Service (”QoS”) treatment of different traffic types associated with the same application (e.g., a ”multi-persona” application) by a wireless network, without the exposure of an application identifier of the application to the wireless network. The application may provide a traffic type indication, based on which a User Equipment (”UE”) may establish one or more QoS flows or other types of communication sessions with the wireless network, where the QoS flows or other types of communication sessions are associated with a network slice that is associated with the traffic type. The communication sessions may include Data Radio Bearers (”DRBs”), backhaul links, protocol data unit (”PDU”) sessions, or other suitable types of communication sessions.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Co-existence mechanism for downloadable voice application client
Patent No. 11743779

Inventor(s): Chao Kan (Frisco, TX), Gautam G. Reddy (Plano, TX), Mathew Oommen (Frisco, TX), Pallavur A. Sankaranaraynan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16277159 on 02/15/2019 (1656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for call processing comprising processing telecommunications data with an Over-The-Top (OTT) client on a handset, determining whether to use a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) client or a WiFi client in response to an operational change and reconfiguring the handset to use the VoLTE client or the WiFi client if the determination is made to use the VoLTE client or the WiFi client, respectively.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for fast return to 5G RAN after fallback to another RAN
Patent No. 11743791

Inventor(s): Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17807907 on 06/21/2022 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may provide for the return (e.g., reconnection) of a User Equipment (”UE”) to a first radio access network (”RAN”) to which the UE was connected, after the UE has been redirected to a second RAN based on the occurrence of an event. The event may include a voice call placed by or to the UE. The return of the UE to the first RAN may occur based on the occurrence of another event, such as the voice call being terminated.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for uplink transmit beam selection procedures
Patent No. 11743833

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Gilwon Lee (Plano, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17357762 on 06/24/2021 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment comprises receiving configuration information including information on measurement reference signal (RS) resources and information on a beam reporting; receiving the measurement RS resources; measuring the measurement RS resources; determining, based on the measured measurement RS resources, the beam reporting; and transmitting the beam reporting, wherein the beam reporting includes: Q[subscript]1 [/subscript]pairs of (I1, J1), wherein I1 comprises a first resource indicator and J1 comprises a first beam metric, and an additional information including a second metric.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for NR sidelink SS/PBCH block
Patent No. 11743850

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663172 on 05/12/2022 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a first UE comprises: determining a sidelink synchronization identity (SL-SID) and a set of resources; generating at least one sidelink synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (S-SSB) based on the SL-SID and the set of resources, wherein each S-SSB of the at least one S-SSB includes first two symbols for a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS) and second two symbols for a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS); generating a first sequence corresponding to the S-PSS, wherein the first sequence is determined based on a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated M-sequence with a 127 of sequence length and a low cross-correlation with a PSS; generating a second sequence corresponding to the S-SSS, wherein the second sequence is determined based on a BPSK modulated Gold-sequence with a 127 of sequence length; and transmitting, the at least one S-SSB over sidelink channels established with the second UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Determining geolocation of devices in a communication network
Patent No. 11743856

Inventor(s): Imran Hafeez (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): NetScout Systems Texas, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17401059 on 08/12/2021 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A machine learning method performed by a communication network monitoring device in which an incoming signaling record is received that includes radio signal attributes from a UE in the cellular communication network. A determination is made as to whether the UE incoming signaling record contains location (GPS) data. If the UE incoming signaling record contains GPS data, a machine learning model is generated for determining a location of future UEs in the communication network utilizing the GPS data and the radio signal attributes from the incoming UE signaling record. And if GPS data is not included in the UE incoming signaling record, then first a corrected TA value is determined which is then used, along with other radio signal attributes of the UE, to determine/predict a geolocation for the UE using machine learning techniques.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for indicating wireless channel status
Patent No. 11743879

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA), Young Hoon Kwon (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15987220 on 05/23/2018 (1924 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a first frame on a first channel associated with a first beam identified during a beam failure recovery procedure, and determining that an assumed quasi-co-located relationship exists between the first channel and the first beam, and based thereon, decoding the first frame in accordance with a first reference signal on the first channel and using a first spatial domain receive filter that was used to decode the first beam.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic cell shaping using load information on transmitted beam patterns
Patent No. 11743881

Inventor(s): Balamurali Natarajan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17326903 on 05/21/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically modify the beam patterns used by an antenna array to communicate with user devices in a sector. A set of metrics are monitored and used to generate time-averaged beam quality values for a default beam pattern and then compared to a time-averaged beam quality of a subset of beams within the default beam pattern. If the time-averaged beam quality for the subset of beams exceeds a percentage of the time-averaged beam quality of the default beam pattern, the antenna array is re-assigned to communicate via a second beam pattern.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Control channel for UE power saving
Patent No. 11743917

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17536303 on 11/29/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Light-based heat in an object
Patent No. 11743975

Inventor(s): Alexander J. Yarmie, Jr. (Lovettsville, VA), Ovidiu Gabriel Vlad (Naperville, IL)
Assignee(s): LightSpeed Technologies LLC (Keller, TX)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172465 on 02/10/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object has at least a first source of light secured thereto. At least a first light-bearing conduit operably couples to this source of light and also to at least a first heat-dispersion component that is also secured to the object. So configured, the heat-dispersion component responds to reception of light from at least the first source of light via at least the first light-bearing conduit by dispersing heat derived from the light.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Mechanically bridged SMD interconnects for electronic devices
Patent No. 11744020

Inventor(s): Charles Allen DeVries (Winfield, IL), Claude Albert Fernandez (Palatine, IL), Kyle Brent Norell (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537721 on 11/30/2021 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a package substrate, at least one integrated circuit (IC) die including a substrate having a semiconductor surface including circuitry electrically coupled to bond pads positioned onto contact pads on a top surface of a package substrate. At least one surface mount device (SMD) component including at least a first terminal and a second terminal is on the package substrate positioned lateral to the IC die. There is at least one SMD interconnect electrically connecting to at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the bond pads. The SMD interconnect includes a portion of a tie bar that extends to an outer edge of the electronic device.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

DESIGN PATENTS

Pillow with detachable eye and ear shield
Patent No. D996860

Inventor(s): Kadeem J. Rosser (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dunlap Bennett Ludwig, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29788414 on 05/20/2021 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle mirror
Patent No. D997067

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Paul Smith (Prosper, TX), Kunjithapadam Raghavendran (Denton, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29848892 on 08/05/2022 (389 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D997197

Inventor(s): Camron Sackett (Bountiful, UT), John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, MI), Varun J. Prabhakar (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29786570 on 06/01/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D997201

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D997202

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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