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 January 3, 2022,| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

149 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 13
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 4
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 12
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 13
G: PHYSICS 48
H: ELECTRICITY 39

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 20
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 10
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 6
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 5
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si , KR)

UNASSIGNED 11

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville) 4
Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake) 4
Colm McKiernan (Flower Mound) 2
Douglas A. Pertz (Southlake) 2
Gary L. Runyan (Plano) 2
Ken Pohl (Arlington) 2
Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke) 2
Kyle Bolin (Flower Mound) 2
Laura Baumann (Rockwall, TX) 2
Mark Nietubyc (Frisco, TX) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Undermount drawer slide position adjustment apparatus and method of use
Patent No. 11540629

Inventor(s): Dennis McGregor (Dallas, TX), Greg Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Hardware Resources, Inc. (Bossier City, LA)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17304449 on 06/21/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: An undermount drawer slide mounting clip releasably attaches a drawer to a drawer rail assembly mounted in a cabinet carcass. The apparatus is capable of effecting positional adjustments of the drawer in three directions without removing the drawer from the cabinet carcass. The apparatus is comprised of a body slidingly engaged with a bonnet. A trigger pivotally connected between the body and the bonnet. A spring loaded catch slidable within the bonnet and acted on by the trigger to releasably attach the apparatus to a drawer rail assembly. A threaded spindle rotates within the base and adjusts the horizontal position of the drawer. A ramp adjustably connected to the base adjusts the vertical position of the drawer by rotation of a threaded barrel. A plunger extends from a housing connected to the body to adjacent the drawer rail assembly and adjusts the depth of the drawer.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

Implant of osteostimulative material
Patent No. 11540866

Inventor(s): Drew Diaz (Colleyville, TX), Frankie L. Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16937974 on 07/24/2020 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bone-implantable device and methods of use. The bone-implantable device comprises a body having an exterior surface, wherein a portion of the exterior surface includes a cured osteostimulative material comprising MgO.

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

Adjustable support sleeve for surgical instruments
Patent No. 11540941

Inventor(s): Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115947 on 12/09/2020 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to surgical instruments having adjustable stiffness, and more particularly, surgical instruments having adjustable stiffness for ophthalmic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument includes a probe, a slidable support sleeve, and a rotatable knob. A stiffness level of the probe may be adjusted by rotating the knob, thereby causing linear displacement of the support sleeve along a length of the probe. The knob may further include a dial depicting a series of settings representing different eye sizes and corresponding to preset positions of the support sleeve relative to the probe. Thus, a user may select an optimal stiffness of the probe for a particular eye size by rotating the knob to the corresponding setting.

[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]

Modular seat apparatuses for wheelchair assemblies
Patent No. 11540958

Inventor(s): Douglas A. Moore (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16688299 on 11/19/2019 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular seat apparatus includes a base cushion and a back cushion that includes a plurality of segments defining a longitudinal length of the back cushion. The back cushion is pivotably coupled to the base cushion such that the back cushion is oriented at an angle relative to the base cushion. The plurality of segments is configured to translate in response to the back cushion pivoting relative to the base cushion such that the longitudinal length of the back cushion decreases as the angle increases and the longitudinal length of the back cushion increases as the angle decreases.

[A61G] TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H 3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N 1/00)

Treatment of cancer cells overexpressing somatostatin receptors using ocreotide derivatives chelated to radioisotopes
Patent No. 11541133

Inventor(s): Federico Rojas-Quijano (Bedford, TX), Garry E. Kiefer (Richardson, TX), Paul Jurek (Red Oak, TX), Tania A. Stallons (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): ORANO MED (Courbevoie, , FR), RADIOMEDIXINC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16477623 on 01/12/2018 (1817 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cancer targeting composition, kit, and method for treatment of cancer cells overexpressing somatostatin receptors is disclosed. The composition includes a radioisotope, a chelator, and a targeting moiety. The chelator includes a nitrogen ring structure including a tetraazacyclododecane, a triazacyclononane, and/or a tetraazabicyclo [6.6.2] hexadecane derivative. The targeting moiety includes a somatostatin receptor targeting peptide. The somatostatin receptor targeting peptide includes an octreotide derivative. The targeting moiety is chelated to the radioisotope by the chelator whereby the cancer cells are targeted for elimination.

[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)

Electrospun material covered medical appliances and methods of manufacture
Patent No. 11541154

Inventor(s): Bart Dolmatch (Dallas, TX), Zeke Eller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 13827790 on 03/14/2013 (3582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical appliance or prosthesis may comprise one or more layers of electrospun nanofibers, including electrospun polymers. The electrospun material may comprise layers including layers of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun nanofiber mats of certain porosities may permit tissue ingrowth into or attachment to the prosthesis.

Defining dose rate for pencil beam scanning
Patent No. 11541252

Inventor(s): Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909834 on 06/23/2020 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: The dose rate of voxels within a particle beam (e.g., proton beam) treatment field delivered using pencil beam scanning (PBS) is calculated, and a representative dose rate for the particle beam treatment field is reported. The calculations account for a dose accumulation in a local region or a sub-volume (e.g., a voxel) as a function of time.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

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

Integral filter endcap, mold, and seal
Patent No. 11541334

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918142 on 07/01/2020 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated seal member includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The at least partially annular body includes a top annular mounting portion, a sealing portion including at least one top sealing feature and at least one bottom sealing feature, and a connecting portion that extends at least radially outwardly from the top annular mounting portion to the sealing portion.

[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]

Mixed oxide catalyst for oxygen storage applications and a method for making the catalyst
Patent No. 11541373

Inventor(s): Charles A. Roberts (Farmington Hills, MI), Krishna Gunugunuri (Canton, MI), Torin C. Peck (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16688677 on 11/19/2019 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: Catalyst material composed of a sodium incorporated cerium-zirconium based mixed oxide catalyst material, such as CeZr/Al[subscript]2[/subscript]O[subscript]3[/subscript], for oxygen storage capacity applications. The sodium incorporated cerium-zirconium based mixed oxide catalyst material is synthesized by co-precipitation techniques using sodium carbonate as the precipitating agent and exhibits a high oxygen storage capacity.

[B01J] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS, COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (processes or apparatus for specific applications, see the relevant places for these processes or apparatus, e.g. F26B 3/08) [2]

Systems and methods for extending a vehicle stall
Patent No. 11541762

Inventor(s): Arlo Eitzer (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17077370 on 10/22/2020 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for controlling torque produced by a propulsion system in a vehicle. A torque request is received for the propulsion system with the propulsion system having a motor speed of substantially zero. A first torque that meets the torque request is produced using a first motor system of the propulsion system. A first thermal condition of the first motor system is identified. Torque production is switched from the first motor system to a second motor system of the propulsion system in response to a determination that the first thermal condition meets a first set of criteria.

[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]

Seat assemblies having resettable armrests
Patent No. 11541791

Inventor(s): John D. Harkleroad (Ypsilanti, MI), Manish Shah (Canton, MI), Patrick J. Edgar (Ann Arbor, 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: 17319405 on 05/13/2021 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A seat assembly including a seat frame, an armrest pivotally coupled to the seat frame, a stopper, and an engagement member. The armrest pivots between a use position and a drop down position below the use position in a vertical direction. In the use position, the armrest is configured to support an arm of a user. The engagement member contacts the stopper in the use position to inhibit movement of the armrest from the use position toward the drop down position. The engagement member is configured to deform against the stopper upon application of a predetermined force to allow the armrest to move from the use position toward the drop down position.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Rotatable tailgate
Patent No. 11541800

Inventor(s): David P. Liffrig (Starkville, MS), David Vaughn (Weir, MS), Ernie B. Mills (Louisville, MS)
Assignee(s): The North American Coal Corporation (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Hunton Andews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17065775 on 10/08/2020 (817 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotatable tailgate assembly is provided for installation on a dump bed. The tailgate assembly has support members attachable to the side of the dump bed. Each support member has at least one bearing adjacent at a free end extending rearwardly of the dump bed”s rear opening. A tailgate has a cylindrical tailgate shaft with a first end rotatably received within the bearing of a first support member and a second end rotatably received within a bearing of a second support member. The tailgate has a closure portion extending radially away from the tailgate shaft. The closure portion engages the rear edges of the dump bed floor and sides to close off the dump bed opening when the tailgate assembly is in a closed rotational position. The tailgate assembly also comprises a rotation actuator operatively connected to the tailgate shaft for selective rotation thereof.

[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)

Spatial light modulator (SLM) controller for headlights
Patent No. 11541805

Inventor(s): John Peter Fenske (Richardson, TX), Mohhamad Jacob Pulliam (Rowlett, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17350896 on 06/17/2021 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller is provided that includes a bit plane generation component and a processor configured to receive one or more headlight commands and to configure the bit plane generation component to generate bit planes of a headlight frame responsive to the one or more headlight commands, wherein the bit plane generation component includes bit generation pipelines configured to operate in parallel to generate respective bits of consecutive bits of a bit plane of the headlight frame.

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

Customizable exterior vehicle panels
Patent No. 11541828

Inventor(s): Peter C. Piper (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17156511 on 01/22/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A customizable exterior panel assembly can include a customizable exterior panel which is configured to be selectively coupled to an inner panel of a vehicle and to a fastening joint of the vehicle. The customizable exterior panel can be selectively coupled to the inner panel by an attachment point of the customizable exterior panel. The fastening joint can effectuate selective coupling of the customizable exterior panel to the inner panel and selectively attaches to the attachment point of the customizable exterior panel for selective coupling of the customizable exterior panel by the attachment point to the fastening joint.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Electronic parking brake control and override system
Patent No. 11541854

Inventor(s): Jeremy Daniel Bultman (Peoria, AZ), Randall Steven Badia (Saline, MI), Robert Allan Ditner (Peoria, AZ)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16835059 on 03/30/2020 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic parking brake control system and method for controlling a parking brake of a vehicle. The system includes an electronic parking brake variable switch configured to produce an application signal based on an amount or an amount of time the switch is pulled upward or pushed downward. The system also includes an indicator configured to indicate an amount of application of the parking brake based on the application signal. The system also includes an electronic brake unit coupled to the electronic parking brake variable switch. The electronic brake unit is configured to receive the application signal, and transmit a rear brake signal to a plurality of rear brake actuators to apply a plurality of rear brakes based on the application signal when a speed of the vehicle is below a threshold speed or the vehicle is in a low gear.

[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]

Automated positive train control event data extraction and analysis engine and method therefor
Patent No. 11541919

Inventor(s): Scott Alan Neal, Jr. (Fort Worth, TX), Siju Pallimolel Kuriakose (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17721204 on 04/14/2022 (264 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for automating workflow and performing root cause analysis for enforcement events is presented. The system can enable accurate detection of an enforcement event and identifies the root cause of such events. The system can provide a user with an interface to monitor the enforcement event by collecting a list of data characterizing the enforcement event, as well as analyze the data to evaluate what is the root cause of the enforcement event. The system can extract critical information from train system logs of the train using an extraction model to generate a window of activity providing an analysis model with a comprehensive scope to analyze the enforcement event. The system can give the user robust and accurate information of the root cause of the enforcement event.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Modular flat-packable drone kit
Patent No. 11541984

Inventor(s): Craig Alan Nehrkorn (Austin, TX), David Williams McKeehan (Tucson, AZ), Michael Dwight Gerard (Fort Mill, SC), Nicholas John LaMour (Cedar Park, TX), Roger Maxim Pecina (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Boy Scouts of America (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Amsel IP Law PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16921806 on 07/06/2020 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular flat-packable drone kit includes a plurality of components that can be assembled into a drone. Components of the drone kit include elements that may be cut from a flat sheet of material, thereby enabling low cost manufacturing and compact packaging and may be assembled without specialized tools. A set of drones may operate in a standalone mode or may be coupled together and operated in a group configuration.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Single spoke spinner support
Patent No. 11541990

Inventor(s): Diana R. Tinlin (Fort Worth, TX), Gary Miller (North Richland Hills, TX), Ken Shundo (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17018562 on 09/11/2020 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetic spacer system for a spinner of a rotorcraft includes a first ring of a plurality of magnets secured to the spinner and having an inner surface facing radially inward, and a second ring of a plurality of magnets secured to a nacelle of the rotorcraft and having an outer surface facing radially outward. The first and second rings of multiple magnets are arranged concentrically, and a portion of the inner surface of the first ring of a plurality of magnets and a portion of the outer surface of the second ring of a plurality of magnets have the same polarity to repel one another. In other aspects, the magnetic spacer system may be replaced by a low-friction system.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Electric aircraft side access batteries and single file passenger seating
Patent No. 11542020

Inventor(s): Kirk L. Groninga (Keller, TX), Steven R. Ivans (Ponder, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161986 on 01/29/2021 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes fuselage, a seat, and battery compartment. Fuselage extends along a longitudinal axis. Seat is configured to support a passenger. The battery compartment that includes a battery configured to provide power to propel the aircraft. The battery compartment, including the battery, is located laterally adjacent to the seat along the longitudinal axis.

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

Hose holder
Patent No. 11542116

Inventor(s): Jesse Jameson Cockerell (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: D. Tiller Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17102600 on 11/24/2020 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hose holder that nests individual hose loops separately in grooves formed on (or forming) a sloped surface. The holder includes a series of arched grooves, each groove provided at a different position along the slope of the surface such that adjacent grooves are at different vertical heights when the holder is mounted for use. Grooves further from the mounting point are lower than those nearer. In general, each groove is wide enough to hold and guide a single loop of hose and is configured for easy deployment of the hose when the hose is pulled away from the hose holder.

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

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

Cationic sulfonamide amino lipids and amphiphilic zwitterionic amino lipids
Patent No. 11542229

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas, TX), Jason B. Miller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16744118 on 01/15/2020 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

Microlasers based dye doped polymeric resonators for brain activity stimulation and monitoring
Patent No. 11542394

Inventor(s): Maurizio Manzo (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas |Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16550962 on 08/26/2019 (1226 days app to issue)

Abstract: Microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators are provided as well as pharmaceutical formulations containing the microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators, methods of making thereof, and methods of use thereof for monitoring and/or stimulating electrical activity in a brain of a subject in need thereof. The microlaser based dye doped polymeric resonators can include a particle having a spherical core containing one or more fluorescent dyes dispersed within a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix has an index of refraction of about 1.2 or greater; an outer surface surrounding the spherical core; and a gold nanoparticle, wherein the gold nanoparticle is on the outer surface, is dispersed within the spherical core, or both. The fluorescent dyes can include a voltage sensitive fluorescent dye.

[C09B] ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; MORDANTS; LAKES (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound C12P)

Fatty acid reaction products of dextrins or dextran formulated with a surfactant
Patent No. 11542429

Inventor(s): Christopher P. Gardner (Cresson, TX), Stephen William Almond (Creston, CA)
Assignee(s): Integrity Bio-Chemicals, LLC (Cresson, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676346 on 02/21/2022 (316 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions comprising a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactant), the saccharide polymer comprising a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be present at a concentration effective to lower surface tension of the neutral surfactant. Depending on the fatty acid identity, among other factors, the compositions may promote emulsification or de-emulsification. In addition, the compositions may promote foam formation under appropriate conditions. Treatment fluids comprising the compositions, including foamed treatment fluids, may be introduced into a subterranean formation to perform a treatment operation in which fluid emulsification or de-emulsification may occur. The reaction products may be incorporated in soaps and other personal care products.

[C11D] DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL

Targeting BCL11A distal regulatory elements for fetal hemoglobin reinduction
Patent No. 11542493

Inventor(s): Jian Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): THE CHILDREN”S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16573389 on 09/17/2019 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing fetal hemoglobin levels in a cell by disrupting BCL11A expression at the genomic level. Also provided herein are methods and compositions relating to the treatment of hemoglobinopathies by reinduction of fetal hemoglobin levels.

[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]

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

Reconfigurable composite floor formwork and method of use
Patent No. 11542704

Inventor(s): Scott Armstrong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Forma Technologies Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949678 on 11/10/2020 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure presents a reconfigurable composite floor formwork which defined by a plurality of interlocking fiberglass panels formed into profiles which may be moved and adapted to provide a concrete form for a floor or ceiling. 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)

Roof tile and a roof covering
Patent No. 11542710

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17471238 on 09/10/2021 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roof tile comprising a decorative layer, having at least a ceramic body, and a support layer disposed below the decorative layer, wherein the roof tile comprises an upper edge, a lower edge which is opposite to the upper edge and two opposite side edges, said side edges being transversal to the upper edge, wherein said roof tile comprises at least one anchoring element for anchoring the roof tile to a structure or framework.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Aerial firefighting dump gate system
Patent No. 11542742

Inventor(s): Victor D. Trotter (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17202577 on 03/16/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gatebox system for delivering fire retardant fluid from a firefighting aircraft. A first and second gate opening are formed through a lower portion of a gatebox. The gates are hingedly connected along edges of the openings. One or two drive shafts in the gatebox are rotatable in gates-closing and gates-opening directions. Crank arms are fixed to the drive shafts and coupled to the gates by connecting links, which define an over-center geometry while the gates are at a closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the first gate induces torque on the drive shaft in the gates-closing direction. Rotation of the drive shafts in the gates-opening direction enables control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

Variable extension tube assembly with adjustable interlock device
Patent No. 11542757

Inventor(s): Gordon McLeary (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174559 on 02/12/2021 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to securing downhole conduits. A system comprises a first conduit comprising teeth extending along a circumference of the first conduit; a second conduit comprising apertures, the first conduit movably disposed within the second conduit; and a retaining clip disposed within the apertures, portions of the retaining clip operable to engage or disengage the teeth while the retaining clip is disposed within the apertures.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Combination downhole assembly
Patent No. 11542765

Inventor(s): Brian M. Gleason (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): The WellBoss Company, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kearney, McWilliams Davis, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17391205 on 08/02/2021 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: A combination downhole assembly having a setting tool assembly coupled with a downhole tool. The setting tool assembly has an adapter housing configured to couple with a part of a workstring, and a power charge mandrel coupled with the adapter housing. There is a barrel piston releasably coupled with the power charge mandrel. During run-in, the barrel piston is in a first position. Upon activation of a setting sequence, the barrel piston moves to a second position. The setting sequence results in the barrel piston engaging a tension mandrel configured with a deceleration feature.

Compact setting tool
Patent No. 11542766

Inventor(s): Johnny Covalt (Burleson, TX), Roger Griffin (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17336238 on 06/01/2021 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact setting tool that sets a packer or bridge plug in a wellbore and then self bleeds the gas pressure prior to pulling the string out of the wellbore.

Systems and processes for subsea managed pressure operations
Patent No. 11542772

Inventor(s): Oscar R. Gabaldon (Frisco, TX), Patrick R. Brand (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): BLADE ENERGY PARTNERS, LTD. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: The Wendt Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347248 on 06/14/2021 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and processes for subsea marine managed pressure operations. One system includes a modified riser joint configured to fluidly connect inline with one or more riser joints. The modified riser joint and the one or more riser joints are connected to form a riser connecting a floating vessel with a wellhead. The system further includes a subsea pressure management sub-system configured to be operatively and fluidly connected to the modified riser joint at a subsea location.

Multiple system ports using a time delay valve
Patent No. 11542780

Inventor(s): Edmund Christopher Williamson (Little Elm, TX), Ryan Michael Novelen (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16870331 on 05/08/2020 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-functional well completion apparatus and method of operation thereof that offers the ability, in a single trip and with limited running tool manipulation, to perform downhole completion operations, such as gravel pack operations or sand control frac or other fluid stimulation operations is described. The well completion tool has multiple functions or operational positions by using a self-closing time delay valve without the need of service tools, thereby saving rig time, reducing operating costs and operational risks associated with tripping service tools into and out of a wellbore.

Ball seat release apparatus
Patent No. 11542782

Inventor(s): Abdolreza Gharesi (Southlake, TX), Alan Tancel Jackson (Frisco, TX), Richard Paul Noffke (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17089885 on 11/05/2020 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a ball seat release apparatus. The ball seat release apparatus, according to this embodiment, includes a shear sleeve, and a ball seat body located at least partially within the shear sleeve, a shear feature releasably coupling the ball seat body to the shear sleeve. The ball seat release apparatus according to this aspect further includes a ball seat slidingly engaged within the ball seat body, the ball seat configured to move from a first linear position to a second linear position, and further wherein a locking dog releasably couples the ball seat with the ball seat body.

Convertible and addressable switch assembly for wellbore operations
Patent No. 11542793

Inventor(s): Brad Perry (Santo, TX), Roger Archibald (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736629 on 05/04/2022 (244 days app to issue)

Abstract: A convertible and addressable switch assembly incudes an interface (I/O) configured to connect to a controller along a telemetry system; and a processor connected to the interface (I/O). The processor is configured to receive a command from the controller, along the telemetry system, to change a first value of a mode status variable to a desired second value, wherein the first value is associated with a first operating mode of the switch assembly and the second value is associated with a second operating mode, which is different from the first operating mode; change the first value to the second value within the switch assembly; and store in a non-volatile memory, at the switch assembly, the second value of the mode status variable.

Mechanical isolation plugs for inflow control devices
Patent No. 11542795

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX), Weiqi Yin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349826 on 06/16/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Isolation plugs may be installed in a wellbore flow control device to temporarily close a flow path therethrough. The isolation plugs may be installed in threaded openings often provided to for access to nozzles or other flow restrictors in the flow control devices. The isolation plugs may initially be locked in a closed configuration while being run in hole and may be unlocked in response to the application of a predetermined activation pressure. Once unlocked, the isolation plug may not immediately move to an open configuration but may continue holding pressure to permit circulation and washdown operations to be conducted. The activation pressure may be reduced to a second predetermined threshold to lock the isolation plug in the open configuration wherein flow is permitted through the flow control device.

Downhole motor stall detection
Patent No. 11542804

Inventor(s): Christopher P. Mullin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): National Oilwell Varco, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Harris Wilson Christenson PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16391461 on 04/23/2019 (1351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drilling system includes a drill string, a plurality of sensors, and a computing system. The drill string includes a downhole motor. The sensors are coupled to the drill string. The computing system is coupled to the sensors. The computing system is configured to compute, based on measurements provided by the sensors, a motor stall index, and to determine, by comparing the motor stall index to a motor stall threshold, whether the downhole motor has stalled. The computing system is also configured to, responsive to a determination that the downhole motor has stalled, adjust operation of the drill string to restart the downhole motor.

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

Injection molded cold-expansion compression collar
Patent No. 11541581

Inventor(s): Gary L. Runyan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Zurn Industries, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15687106 on 08/25/2017 (1957 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compression collar is manufactured for reinforcing an interference fit between an end of a pipe and a fitting. A precursor form is injection molded using a cold-expansion material. The precursor form has a tubular body with an initially closed axial end and a bore initially blind formed in the other axial end. Material is removed from the initially closed axial end to form an opening that connects to the bore thereby forming the compression collar. The opening has an inner periphery with a profile in axial cross section that is different than any profile in axial cross section of an inner periphery of the bore. The collar formed lacks knitlines and includes tabs which help to position the collar on a pipe.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Hybrid actuation device
Patent No. 11542925

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Max P. Herzog (Fenton, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Shardul S. Panwar (Ann Arbor, 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: 17474457 on 09/14/2021 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid actuation device that includes a first plate coupled to a second plate, a shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first plate, and an artificial muscle positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The artificial muscle includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a first electrode and a second electrode each disposed in the electrode region of the housing and a dielectric fluid disposed within the housing. The expandable fluid region of the housing is positioned apart from a perimeter of the first plate and the second plate.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Metal matrix composite automotive gears
Patent No. 11543010

Inventor(s): Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, 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: 16874187 on 05/14/2020 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: Carbon fiber reinforced metal matrix composite gears include a planar carbon fiber structure fully encapsulated within a metal matrix formed of sintered metal nanoparticles. The metal nanoparticles can be composed of a metal having a high sintering temperature that would ordinarily destroy the carbon fiber. Novel techniques for making small uniform nanoparticles for sintering lowers the sintering temperature to a level that can accommodate carbon fiber. The composite gears possess high strength to weight ratio.

[F16H] GEARING

Density-based fluid flow control devices
Patent No. 11543049

Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16755881 on 10/23/2018 (1533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid flow control device includes a rotatable component for rotating about an axis in response to fluid flow from an inlet port of the fluid flow control device. A float component is positioned within the rotatable component and connected to the rotatable component by a hinge. The hinge provides for movement of the float component relative to the rotatable component between (i) an open position that enables fluid flow from the inlet port to an outlet port of the rotatable component, and (ii) a closed position that restricts fluid flow through a flow passage from the inlet port to the outlet port.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Extruded cold-expansion compression collar
Patent No. 11543065

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing compression collars for reinforcing sealed connections between a length of piping and a plumbing fitting. Specifically, compression collars and related methods of making include extruding a hollow tube having one or more ridges which are then partially removed or trimmed to provide positioning tabs on one end of the compression collar. The compression collars can be cut to the desired length from the extruded hollow tube. In this way, compression collars with features for enhancing the strength and reliability of an interference fit, as well as their ease of use, can be manufactured rapidly with little material waste through modifications to the extrusion process.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Track-mounted workstation assembly
Patent No. 11543074

Inventor(s): Michael John Sears (Dallas, TX), Simon Nicholas Johnson (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16900633 on 06/12/2020 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A track mounted workstation assembly is disclosed having a housing including a track and one or more communication or electrical or communication ports, and one or more roller mount assemblies further including a sliding carriage configured to slide along the track. In addition, the mounts may further include wiring and cables configured to communicate with the communication or electrical ports of the track housing at either ends. In addition, the mounts may further include one or more receiving members for receiving one or more articulating arms for monitors, peripherals, and other equipment.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Lighting system
Patent No. 11543110

Inventor(s): Gregory Lee Horne (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17183981 on 02/24/2021 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed with one or more magnetic control switches to adjust the power modes of the lighting device.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

Burner box liner for low NOx emission furnace
Patent No. 11543123

Inventor(s): Eric Chanthalangsy (Grand Prairie, TX), Eric Perez (Hickory Creek, TX), Randal Poirier (The Colony, TX), Steven Schneider (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16899886 on 06/12/2020 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A burner box assembly according to aspects of the disclosure includes an outer cover, the outer cover having a sloped bottom face that directs condensation away from a heat-exchange tube, a heat-resistant liner having a plurality of panel members, the heat-resistant liner being disposed within the outer cover, a shield disposed between the heat-resistant liner and the sloped bottom face of the outer cover such that an air gap is formed between the shield and the sloped bottom face, and a tubular member abutting at least one of the plurality of panel members and disposed within the heat-exchange tube.

[F23D] BURNERS

Method and system for charge determination
Patent No. 11543163

Inventor(s): Patric Ananda Balan (Chennai, , IN), Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17408802 on 08/23/2021 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes an evaporator coil and a compressor fluidly coupled to the evaporator coil. A condenser coil is fluidly coupled to the compressor. The condenser coil includes at least one condenser circuit fluidly coupled between a discharge line and an exit manifold. A sub-cool circuit is fluidly coupled between the exit manifold and a liquid line. A first temperature sensor is disposed at an entrance to the sub-cool circuit. A second temperature sensor is disposed at an exit to the sub-cool circuit. An HVAC controller is operatively coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The HVAC controller is configured to determine a temperature difference across the sub-cool circuit.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

Firearm suppressor
Patent No. 11543203

Inventor(s): Robert Oliver Wilson, III (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Workman Nydegger (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364171 on 06/30/2021 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A firearm suppressor with a monolithic core includes an elongate main body, a projectile borehole extending an entire length of the elongate main body such that the elongate main body includes both an entrance opening for the projectile borehole and an exit opening for the projectile borehole, and multiple hollow chambers. The entrance opening is structured to attach to an end portion of a barrel of a firearm. The hollow chambers are disposed along the length of the elongate main body and connect the projectile borehole to an outer surface of the elongate main body. A first one of the hollow chambers is disposed in a direction perpendicular relative to the projectile borehole, and a second one of the hollow chambers is disposed in a non-perpendicular direction relative to the projectile borehole.

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

Shooting rest with shoulder rest
Patent No. 11543206

Inventor(s): Thomas Rucci (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Lightbulb IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17352196 on 06/18/2021 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shooting rest with a shoulder rest supports a rear end of a firearm at the shoulder rest and a front end of the firearm at a firearm support. The shoulder rest and firearm support are mounted, respectfully, at a first and second ends of the shooting rest”s frame. The shoulder rest comprises a recess for receiving the firearm and receives and encapsulates one or more mounts in a body thereof. A pad for engaging a user”s shoulder extends outward opposite the recess.

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

Polymer ammunition having an alignment aid, cartridge and method of making the same
Patent No. 11543218

Inventor(s): Andrew Rosek (Rockwall, TX), Christopher William Overton (Wylie, TX), Florian Herzog (Dallas, TX), Kenneth J. Overton (Princeton, TX)
Assignee(s): True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16930583 on 07/16/2020 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge and methods of making and using the same. The cartridge includes a substantially cylindrical insert connected to a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body. The substantially cylindrical insert includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a substantially cylindrical coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, a primer flash hole positioned in the primer recess to extend through the bottom surface, and a flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface. The substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body includes a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end and a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers a circumferential surface of the primer flash hole.

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

Monolithic attitude control motor frame and system
Patent No. 11543835

Inventor(s): Wayne K. Schroeder (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Beusse Sanks, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15564942 on 01/14/2011 (4372 days app to issue)

Abstract: A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. Adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities share a side wall or side wall portion therebetween. Each of the cavities is configured to receive an attitude control motor. A monolithic attitude control motor system includes a monolithic frame including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. The system further includes a plurality of attitude control motors corresponding to the plurality of cavities, such that an attitude control motor of the plurality of attitude control motors is disposed in each cavity of the plurality of cavities.

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Data analytics for smart vehicle fueling
Patent No. 11543262

Inventor(s): Emily Lerner (Frisco, TX), Gopal Kalaimani Senthilkumar (Frisco, TX), Mark McClung (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16210572 on 12/05/2018 (1490 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing information about fuel stations. A system includes an imaging system and a profile management system. The imaging system is used for generating imaging data for a fuel station onboard a vehicle. The profile management system receives the imaging data. The profile management system identifies selected information for the fuel station based on the imaging data received. The selected information includes an identification of the fuel station, pricing information, and at least one of fuel inventory information, or business hours information for the fuel station. The profile management system updates a profile for the fuel station based on the selected information. The profile management system sends at least a portion of the profile for the fuel station to a target system.

[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)

Photon counting analog front end with load balancing
Patent No. 11543291

Inventor(s): Rakul Viswanath (Bengaluru, , IN), Sachin Aithal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245436 on 04/30/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog front-end circuit includes an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit includes an event counter and a power consumption circuit. The event counter is configured to count photons incident at the pixel circuit. The power compensation circuit includes an event rate circuit and a current sink circuit. The event rate circuit is configured to determine a rate of photon detection events at the pixel circuit. The current sink circuit is configured to pass a compensation current selected based on the rate of photon detection events at the pixel circuit.

[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]

Automated functional testing systems and methods of making and using the same
Patent No. 11543328

Inventor(s): Myung Ki Kim (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: EcoTech Law Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16629570 on 04/06/2018 (1733 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (”TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots. Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.

[G01M] TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Non-invasive sample-interrogation device
Patent No. 11543374

Inventor(s): Jung-Chih Chiao (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16328883 on 08/09/2017 (1973 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an interrogation device that is operable to apply one or more source signals to one or more coils surrounding a volume, where a material is disposed within the volume. Each of the one or more source signals may excite one of the one or more coils, and the behavior of each the one or more coils responsive to the exciting may be monitored. One or more parameters may be determined based on the behavior of each the one or more coils, and the one or more parameters may be utilized to generate a signature for the material within the volume. The signature may be compared to one or more signatures of known materials to identify the material within the volume.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Systems and methods for communicating information associated with wind pressures
Patent No. 11543426

Inventor(s): Brian J. Dumont (Royal Oak, MI), Corey D. Wills (Berryton, KS), Corey T. Pasta (Topeka, KS), Dennis W. Morgart (Topeka, KS), James Paul (Carmel, CA), Matthew Fleming (Ypsilanti, MI), Paul Harris (Canton, MI), Paul K.
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345949 on 06/11/2021 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a controller, one or more signals from the one or more pressure transducers. The one or more pressure transducers are coupled to one or more pressure lines, the one or more pressure lines are coupled to one or more probes, and the one or more probes coupled to a vehicle. The method also includes converting, by the controller, the one or more signals to one or more digital signals. The method further includes calculating, by the controller, a wind velocity relative to the vehicle using the one or more digital signals.

[G01P] MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT (measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects G01C 19/00; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C 23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H 5/00; measuring velocity of light G01J 7/00; determining direction or velocity of solid objects by reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time or direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T)

In-wafer reliability testing
Patent No. 11543453

Inventor(s): Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16730047 on 12/30/2019 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor die having conductive pads and an electronic component with a first terminal coupled to a third conductive pad and a second terminal coupled to a fourth conductive pad. A resistor has a first terminal coupled to the fourth conductive pad and a second terminal coupled to the fifth conductive pad, and a first transistor has a first terminal coupled to the first conductive pad, a second terminal coupled to the fifth conductive pad, and a control terminal. A second transistor has a first terminal coupled to the first transistor, a second terminal coupled to the third conductive pad, and a control terminal. A pulse generator has an input coupled to the second conductive pad and an output coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor.

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

Phase compensation in a time of flight system
Patent No. 11543504

Inventor(s): Anjana Sharma (Bangalore, , IN), Bharath Patil (Bangalore, , IN), Ravishankar Ayyagari (Bangalore, , IN), Subhash Chandra Venkata Sadhu (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855287 on 04/22/2020 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for imaging a surface via time of flight measurement. An illumination system includes an illumination driver and an illumination source and is configured to project modulated electromagnetic radiation to a point on a surface of interest. A sensor system includes a sensor driver and is configured to receive and demodulate electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface of interest. A temperature sensor is configured to provide a measured temperature representing a temperature at one of the illumination driver and the sensor driver and located at a position remote from the one of the illumination driver and the sensor driver. A compensation component is configured to calculate a phase offset between the illumination system and the sensor system from at least the measured temperature and a model representing transient heat flow within the system.

[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

Multi frequency long range distance detection for amplitude modulated continuous wave time of flight cameras
Patent No. 11543523

Inventor(s): Bharath Patil (Bengaluru, , IN), Nithin Jose (Bengaluru, , IN), Shubham Agrawal (Damoh, , IN), Venkata Subhash Chandra Sadhu (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16235667 on 12/28/2018 (1467 days app to issue)

Abstract: A time of flight (ToF) system includes a light source, a photosensor, a signal generator and a processor. The signal generator outputs a reference signal corresponding to a modulation function for modulated light and a modified transmitted light signal corresponding to a phase shift of the reference signal. The light source outputs the modified transmitted light signal and pixels in the photosensor receives its reflections off the scene. The reference signal is applied to the pixels and the processor determines a depth map for the scene based on values recorded by the pixels. In some examples, the phase shift is implemented using a phase locked loop controller. One or more component phases of the phase shift and an exposure time for each component phase are determined and output by the phase locked loop controller.

MPO connector with high-density release clip and connector release tool
Patent No. 11543601

Inventor(s): Benliang Xiao (Shenzhen, , CN), Kodama Akira (Shenzhen, , CN), Masaya Nakagawa (Greer, SC), Qiyue Wang (Shenzhen, , CN), Xiaohui Liu (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): SUNCALL AMERICA INC. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17383145 on 07/22/2021 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-fiber push-on/pull-off (MPO) connector and an MPO connector tool configured to facilitate insertion and removal into and from an MPO adapter. The MPO connector includes a ferrule, an inner housing holding the ferrule, an outer housing slidably coupled to the inner housing, and a clip coupled to one end of the outer housing and including a main body, a pair of longitudinally extending latch arms for engaging the outer housing, and a pair of laterally extending posts extending from the main body. In use, the MPO connector tool is positionable to apply a force on the laterally extending posts to translate the clip thereby translating the outer housing longitudinally to facilitate connector insertion and removal.

[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]

Time displaying apparatus
Patent No. 11543780

Inventor(s): Christopher George Garcia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16660931 on 10/23/2019 (1168 days app to issue)

Abstract: A time keeping apparatus includes a first region and a second region, the first and second regions are separated by a border. The first region includes a array of minutes indicators, each indicator represents at least 1 minute, and the second region includes a array of stacked hour indicators, each hour indicator representing 1 hour. Each stacked indicator is separated from an abutting stacked indicator.

[G04G] ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES [3]

Automated inspection program generation
Patent No. 11543809

Inventor(s): Chesley Kraniak (Arlington, TX), Cody Torno (Haltom City, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333245 on 05/28/2021 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of automatically generating an inspection program includes receiving input data related to an object to be inspected. The input data includes geometric dimensioning and tolerancing data for the object. The method also includes, for each of a plurality of surfaces of the object, generating at least one inspection direction and a plurality of inspection points based, at least in part, on the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing data. The method also includes generating transitional motions for an inspection machine to inspect the plurality of surfaces according to the inspection directions and the inspection points. The method also includes storing, at a destination, machine-readable code for inspecting the object according to the at least one inspection direction of each of the plurality of surfaces, the inspection points of each of the plurality of surfaces, and the transitional motions.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Remote control unit having active feedback
Patent No. 11543819

Inventor(s): Andrew Vincent Louis (Fort Worth, TX), Russell C. Peters (Fort Worth, TX), Stephen Yibum Chung (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16284164 on 02/25/2019 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote controller for a vehicle includes at least one control element for controlling operation of at least one aspect of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a remote-control mode; an actuator connected the at least one control element for controlling a position of the at least one control element when the vehicle is in an autonomous operations mode; and a processing system for receiving a first control signal from the vehicle indicative of a state of operation of the vehicle. In operation, the processing system generates a second control signal to the actuator to cause the actuator to control a position of the control element such that it corresponds to and indicates the state of operation of the vehicle.

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Measuring internal voltages of packaged electronic devices
Patent No. 11543845

Inventor(s): Maciej Piotr Jankowski (Munich, , DE), Peng Cao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908784 on 06/23/2020 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising activating an internal switch within a packaged electronic device to connect to a reference ground of an internal voltage source to a first input of an analog front end, receiving an external ground potential voltage at a first package pin of the packaged electronic device, generating a zero detector output signal for the packaged electronic device at a second package pin, activating the internal switch to connect the first input of the analog front end to the internal voltage source, receiving a second voltage level at the first package pin that generates a second output signal that matches the zero detector output signal, and receiving trim instructions to trim an internal voltage generated by the internal voltage source to a voltage level that is closer to a target voltage level.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Gate driver circuit for reducing deadtime inefficiencies
Patent No. 11543846

Inventor(s): Krishnamurthy Ganapathi Shankar (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17469444 on 09/08/2021 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: A driver circuit includes three sub-circuits. A first sub-circuit is configured to generate a drive current output by the driver circuit through an output node during first and second regions of operation and includes: a diode coupled to the output node and a first transistor, and a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and a current mirror. A second sub-circuit is configured to generate the drive current during the first and second and a third region of operation and includes: a third transistor coupled to the output node; and a fourth transistor. A third sub-circuit is configured to generate the drive current during the third region of operation and includes: a current source coupled to the current mirror and a buffer; and a fifth transistor coupled to the third transistor and the fourth transistor and configured to receive an output of the buffer.

Power consumption reduction in USB redrivers and repeaters
Patent No. 11543875

Inventor(s): Douglas Edward Wente (Murphy, TX), Julie Marie Nirchi (Allen, TX), Suzanne Mary Vining (Plano, TX), Win Naing Maung (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17577688 on 01/18/2022 (350 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a data communication device includes one or more receivers, and one or more transmitters. The data communication device detects a start of frame packet (SOF) on a data bus, wherein the SOF indicates the start of a microframe; determines whether there are any data packets contained in the microframe during a first threshold period after the SOF; and detects that there is no data packet contained in the microframe during the first threshold period after the SOF, and in response, transitions at least one of the one or more transmitters from an active state to an OFF state, and transitions the at least one of the one or more transmitters from the OFF state to the active state prior to a switchback period before the end of the microframe.

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

Credit-based scheduling of memory commands
Patent No. 11543978

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliot LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16929003 on 07/14/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is described that includes receiving a plurality of streams of memory requests and each stream is associated with a source. The method further includes determining a bandwidth allocation for each stream, wherein each allocation represents a portion of a total bandwidth of a memory component managed by the subsystem and each allocation indicates a priority of a corresponding stream based on a corresponding source of each stream and assigning a set of credits to each stream based on the bandwidth allocations. The method also includes determining a memory command from a queue for issuance, wherein each memory command in the queue is associated with a stream and determining the memory command is based on the credits assigned to each stream such that commands associated with a stream with a higher number of credits is given priority for issuance over commands associated with a stream with a lower number.

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

Low area multiply and accumulate unit
Patent No. 11544037

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Scully, Scott, Murphy Presser, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16862722 on 04/30/2020 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved electronic mixed mode multiplier and accumulate circuit for artificial intelligence and computing system applications that perform vector-vector, vector-matrix and other multiply-accumulate computations. The circuit is provided is a high resolution, high linearity, low area, low power multiplyaccumulate (MAC) unit to interface with a memory device for storing computation output results. The MAC unit uses a less number of current carrying elements resulting in much lower integrated circuit area, and provides a tight matching between the current elements thus preserving inherent linearity requirements due to current mode operation. Further the MAC performs current scaling using switches and current division where the current switches occupy minimum size transistors requiring a small area to implement that renders it compatible with MRAM such as a magnetic tunnel junction device. The MAC is hierarchically extended for increased number of bits to provide a delay implementation using orthogonal vector and current addition.

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

Universal pointers for data exchange in a computer system having independent processors
Patent No. 11544069

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16170799 on 10/25/2018 (1531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus to facilitate data exchange via pointers. For example, in a computing system having a first processor and a second processor that is separate and independent from the first processor, the first processor can run a program configured to use a pointer identifying a virtual memory address having an ID of an object and an offset within the object. The first processor can use the virtual memory address to store data at a memory location in the computing system and/or identify a routine at the memory location for execution by the second processor. After the pointer is communicated from the first processor to the second processor, the second processor can access the same memory location identified by the virtual memory address. The second processor may operate on the data stored at the memory location or load the routine from the memory location for execution.

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

Job execution integration to customized database
Patent No. 11544081

Inventor(s): Mohammad Nejad (Dallas, TX), Nadeem Panjwani (Dallas, TX), Paul Eric Hazboun (Flower Mound, TX), Rudolph D. Hoffman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702109 on 12/03/2019 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods may include a method for enabling customized jobs deployment in Autosys, reviewing of execution results of the jobs in Autosys, and querying the execution results. The method may include providing a verification of the deployment of a plurality of job scripts in a staging area. The staging area may be configured for arranging and deploying a plurality of job scripts in Autosys. The method may include visually indicating, in a status line, whether each of the plurality of job scripts has been deployed in Autosys or is set to be deployed to, and executed in, Autosys. The method may include importing selected contents of a log folder from Autosys. The importing may use an import utility.

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

Data processing platform monitoring
Patent No. 11544137

Inventor(s): Mayur Gupta (Frisco, TX), Ragupathi Subburasu (Frisco, TX), Ravi Kiran Palamari (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16523128 on 07/26/2019 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive error data indicating that an error occurred, the error being associated with a data processing job scheduled to be performed by a data processing platform. The device may identify input data for the data processing job associated with the error and determine that the error is based on the data processing platform not receiving the input data. In addition, the device may determine a location of the input data and determine a measure of priority associated with the data processing job. Based on the location of the input data and the measure of priority, the device may perform an action to correct the error.

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

Data recovery validation test
Patent No. 11544166

Inventor(s): Emre Ozgener (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17326123 on 05/20/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for a data recovery validation test. In examples, a processor receives a command to be included in the validation test that is configured to validate performance of an activity by a server prior to a failure to perform the activity by the server. The processor stores the validation test including the command on a memory device, and prior to the failure of the activity by the server, executes the validation test including the command responsive to an input. The processor receives results of the validation test corresponding to the command and indicating whether the server performed the activity in accordance with a standard for the activity during the validation test. The processor provides the results of the validation test in a user interface.

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

Utilizing machine learning to determine data storage pruning parameters
Patent No. 11544217

Inventor(s): Amit Deshpande (McKinney, TX), Asutosh Pandya (McKinney, TX), Mithra Kosur Venuraju (Frisco, TX), Ponnazhakan Subramanian (McKinney, TX), Sahul Mohammed (Frisco, TX), Satish Chikkaveerappa (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16431092 on 06/04/2019 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to prune a primary database, and receives primary database information associated with the primary database and secondary database information associated with a secondary database that is different than the primary database. The device processes the primary database information and the secondary database information, with a machine learning model, to generate suggested pruning parameters, and provides the suggested pruning parameters to the user device. The device receives selected pruning parameters from the user device, where the selected pruning parameters are selected from the suggested pruning parameters or are input via the user device. The device removes pruned information from the primary database based on the selected pruning parameters, and provides the pruned information to the secondary database based on the selected pruning parameters.

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

Query term expansion and result selection
Patent No. 11544277

Inventor(s): Christine Nezda (Richardson, TX), John R. Scebold (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995514 on 08/17/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for improving results returned from a query. A method can include identify, based on a term embedding of a corpus of terms, expansion terms of a raw query term that are nearest the raw query term, normalize distances between the raw query term and the identified expansion terms, identify, based on the term embedding, expansion term neighbors of an expansion term that are nearest the expansion term; normalize distances between the expansion term and the identified expansion term neighbors, determine a WMA weight between the raw query term and the expansion term, and execute the query with the raw query terms and the expansion terms (determined based on the WMA weight) to generate query results.

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

Automatic annotation for vehicle damage
Patent No. 11544316

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Frisco, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17089881 on 11/05/2020 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow an automated generation of an interactive multimedia content with annotations showing vehicle damage. In one method, a server may receive vehicle-specific identifying information of a vehicle. Image sensors may capture multimedia content showing aspects associated with exterior regions of the vehicle, and may send the multimedia content to the server. For each of the exterior regions of the vehicle, the server may determine, using a trained classification model, instances of damage. Furthermore, the server may generate an interactive multimedia content that shows images with annotations indicating instances of damage. The interactive multimedia content may be displayed via a user interface.

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

Document text extraction to field-specific computer executable operations
Patent No. 11544468

Inventor(s): Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Paradice and Li LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16938385 on 07/24/2020 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes converting computer-executable predicate-argument structures for a specific field to field-specific predicated-argument structures to improve execution. In some implementations, a method can be performed by one or more processors of a computing device, and can include receiving one or more predicate-argument structures (PASs) associated with taxation-specific text and converting the one or more PASs into one or more tax-specific predicate-argument structures (TPASs). Converting the one or more PASs to one or more TPASs may include one or more of: defining terms in a segment based on a definition of the term from a different segment or line description (including from a different document); reordering nodes, replacing nodes, or removing nodes of a segment (such as based on one or more single segment tree traversal rules); or combining multiple PASs for multiple segments of a single line description based on one or more multiple segment tree traversal rules.

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

System and method for intermodal facility management
Patent No. 11544643

Inventor(s): Gregory Edward Kolesar (Fort Worth, TX), Joseph C. Lumbert (Fort Worth, TX), Mitchel Varela (Fort Worth, TX), Robert Cleveland Darwin, II (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17304222 on 06/16/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intermodal facility management system for facilitating delivery, pickup, facility access, and cargo management is presented. The system can receive data from clients within proximity of one or more wireless beacons. The system can capture data from clients that ingress or egress into or out of a facility, respectively, and validate received data with the captured data. The system can enable cargo transfer optimization by forecasting client arrival times to particular destination locations, and the forecasting can account for access point delays, such as can be due to an authentication process. The system can provide a measure of redundancy in ensuring that particular cargo is being sent to proper locations, and the system can further prompt facility personnel to ensure that cargo is accessible and ready for dispatch upon arrival of any given client.

[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]

Vehicle priority-based compensation system
Patent No. 11544680

Inventor(s): Christine Koski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): COKO TECH, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702062 on 12/03/2019 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method for managing compensatory transactions between vehicles, a compensation engine determines relative priorities of the first and second vehicles. The compensation engine determines compensation between the first and second vehicles based on the relative priorities of the first and second vehicles. Following the determination of compensation, the compensation engine executes a transfer of compensation between the first and second vehicles.

Systems and methods for mobile wallet payments
Patent No. 11544699

Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16119428 on 08/31/2018 (1586 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for mobile wallet payments are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a payment using an electronic wallet may include: (1) a mobile application receiving a selection of an alternate payment currency; the mobile application receiving a payment payload from an issuer; the mobile application providing the selection of the alternate payment currency and an identifier to the issuer; and the mobile application providing the payment payload and the identifier to a merchant host. The merchant host may communicate the identifier to the issuer, and the issuer may identify selection of the alternate payment currency based on the identifier.

Fraud detection using augmented analytics
Patent No. 11544713

Inventor(s): Victor Kwak (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17039432 on 09/30/2020 (825 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods ingest extensive data regarding real-time transactions to determine correlation between a variety of parameters and possible fraud events. Possible fraud can be predicted, and notifications delivered to a fraud team. Correlations can be discovered using unsupervised machine learning, and particular systems and methods can utilize natural language processing to both receive and provide information concerning fraud risk and countermeasures.

Supporting automation of customer service
Patent No. 11544721

Inventor(s): Martin Patrick McEnroe (Plano, TX), Ni An (Plano, TX), Yunmiao Wang (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16792987 on 02/18/2020 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes various methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for supporting customer service automation. The support for automation of customer service may be based on analysis of conversations between customers and customer service agents of a customer service center. The support for automation of customer service may be based on analysis of conversations between customers and customer service agents to identify conversation-level topics and utterance-level topics from the customer service conversations. The support for automation of customer service may be based on use of conversation-level topics and utterance-level topics identified from the customer service conversations to control initiation of customer service automation actions for supporting automation of customer service of the customer service center. The support for automation of customer service may be based on use of conversation-level and utterance-level topics identified from the customer service conversations to control selection, and design, of chatbots for the customer service center.

System and method for generating financing structures using clustering
Patent No. 11544727

Inventor(s): Nicholas E. Dolle (Mckinney, TX), Rohan Shah (Frisco, TX), Saman Baghestani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15931095 on 05/13/2020 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a system for generating financing structures. A learning engine may extract data sets associated with sellers of various products. The learning engine may be trained using the data sets. The learning engine may identify a subset of dimensions that cause a change in a determination of a final price for a given product. The learning engine may compute a value for each of the sellers with respect to each dimension. The learning engine may group the sellers into different clusters. The learning engine may generate using a model, including the subset of dimensions. The learning engine may receive a request to generate a financing structure for a specified product sold by a specified seller. The learning engine may generate financing structures for the specified product sold by the specified seller based on the generated model.

Method and apparatus for the production of garments
Patent No. 11544755

Inventor(s): Karsten H. Newbury (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC (Tolland, CT)
Law Firm: Day Pitney LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16560010 on 09/04/2019 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: A garment production system, comprising a virtual development environment configured to receive and store in a database thereof body information relating to a user, establish measurements for the user based on the body information, display, on a display device connected to the virtual development environment, a virtual representation of the user using the established measurements, customize one or more garments for the user based on the established measurements, display, on the display device, a virtual representation of the one or more customized garments on the virtual representation of the user, receive and store in the database personalization information from the user regarding the one or more customized garments, and alter the one or more customized garments and the virtual representation thereof based on the received personalization information for manufacture thereof.

Self-service modular drop safes with deposit creation capability
Patent No. 11544981

Inventor(s): Colm McKiernan (Flower Mound, TX), Douglas A. Pertz (Southlake, TX), Ken Pohl (Arlington, TX), Kyle Bolin (Flower Mound, TX), Laura Baumann (Rockwall, TX), Mark Nietubyc (Frisco, TX), Rohan Pal (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BRINK”S NETWORK, INCORPORATED (Richmond, VA)
Law Firm: Cowan, Liebowitz Latman, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379540 on 07/19/2021 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Novel modular smart management devices in the form of drop safes include the modular components of a chassis, door and technology cabinet. The drop safes enable retailers to make cash deposits quickly and safely within or near their own facilities. Various technology, including RFID readers, RFID tags, and other equipment allow the drop safes to identify each deposited bag. Employees utilize specialized apps on their mobile devices to facilitate deposit creation and other tasks. Novel methodologies for accessing the drop safes for emptying employ single-use, time-expiration type authorization codes along with other security measures to minimize risk and to provide other benefits. Novel structures along with methodologies for replacing, on-site, modular components with auto-detection of functionality during initialization and re-initialization enables for efficient replacement and upgrading of components, including the upgrading of safes to provide additional functionality.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Self-service modular drop safes with messenger access capability
Patent No. 11544982

Printer apparatus including paper medium including backing strip and adhesive label affixed thereto
Patent No. 11545010

Inventor(s): Arunprakash Dhanabal (Irving, TX), Jeffrey Charles Johnson (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15916583 on 03/09/2018 (1761 days app to issue)

Abstract: A printer apparatus includes a wearable housing and a paper medium disposed therein, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.

[G07G] REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS (digital computing in general G06C, G06F) [4]

Fire detection devices and systems and methods for their use
Patent No. 11545014

Inventor(s): Archie Wayne Tignor (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Archangel Fire Systems Holdings, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17405942 on 08/18/2021 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fire detection device includes a vented detector housing, with an opening defined in a mounting base. A substance exhaust channel in air flow communication with the opening extends upward from the mounting base. A pressure release turbine includes an impeller operatively disposed in the channel. A rotation sensor senses rotation of the impeller and generates an alert upon detection of a heat level indicated by rotation of the turbine rotor at a predetermined speed. A high pressure and/or heat louver disposed over the opening opens in response to a predetermined heat level. An actuator detects opening of the louver and generates an alert. A thermostatic device disposed in the housing senses, and generates an alert at, a predetermined heat level. A thermal imaging device disposed in the housing senses, and generates an alert at, a predetermined heat level.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Driver notification system
Patent No. 11545035

Inventor(s): Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16685746 on 11/15/2019 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for notifying a driver of a first vehicle of obstacles discouraging passing of a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the second vehicle configured to detect spatial data in proximity of the second vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the first vehicle. The ECU is configured to receive the spatial data from a transceiver of the second vehicle. The ECU is also configured to determine obstacle data based on the spatial data, the obstacle data identifying a presence of obstacles ahead of the second vehicle discouraging passing of the second vehicle by the first vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to the driver of the first vehicle when the obstacle data indicates the presence of obstacles ahead of the second vehicle.

[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]

Acoustic structure for sound absorption and improved sound transmission loss
Patent No. 11545128

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaoshi Su (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: 16679839 on 11/11/2019 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: An acoustic structure includes a plate and at least one acoustic scatterer having a resonant frequency and coupled to a side of the plate. The at least one acoustic scatterer has an opening, a first channel and a second channel. The first channel has a first channel open end and a first channel terminal end with the first channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening. The second channel has a second channel open end and a second channel terminal end with the second channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening. The first channel terminal end and the second channel terminal end are separate from one another.

[G10K] SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES (sound-producing toys A63H 5/00); METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [6]

Automatic speech-based longitudinal emotion and mood recognition for mental health treatment
Patent No. 11545173

Inventor(s): Soheil Khorram (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, MI)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16556858 on 08/30/2019 (1222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of predicting a mood state of a user may include recording an audio sample via a microphone of a mobile computing device of the user based on the occurrence of an event, extracting a set of acoustic features from the audio sample, generating one or more emotion values by analyzing the set of acoustic features using a trained machine learning model, and determining the mood state of the user, based on the one or more emotion values. In some embodiments, the audio sample may be ambient audio recorded periodically, and/or call data of the user recorded during clinical calls or personal calls.

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]

Apparatuses and methods for different IO widths for stacked die
Patent No. 11545189

Inventor(s): Scott Eugene Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17210922 on 03/24/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing data from stacked memory are described. The stacked memory may include multiple die. In some examples, a master die may receive data from one or more slave die. The master die may provide data from the master die and the data from the one or more slave die to a plurality of output terminals. Different ones of the output terminals may provide data from a different die of the stacked memory. In some examples, the data may be retrieved from the multiple die concurrently.

[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)

Methods for on-die memory termination and memory devices and systems employing the same
Patent No. 11545199

Inventor(s): Gary Howe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200233 on 03/12/2021 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to memory operation with on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A memory device may be configured to provide ODT at a first portion (e.g., rank) during multiple communications at a second portion (e.g., rank). For example, a memory device may receive a first command instructing a first portion to perform a first communication and instructing a second portion to enter an ODT mode. The device may perform, with the first portion, the first communication with a host while the second portion is in the ODT mode. The device may receive a second command instructing the first portion to perform a second communication, and the device may perform, with the first portion, the second communication while the second portion remains in the ODT mode. The second portion may persist in the ODT mode for an indicated number of communications, or until instructed to exit the ODT mode.

Power savings mode toggling to prevent bias temperature instability
Patent No. 11545209

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Plano, TX), Parthasarathy Gajapathy (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333203 on 05/28/2021 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for injecting a toggling signal in a command pipeline configured to receive a multiple command types for the memory device. Toggling circuitry is configured to inject the toggling signal into at least a portion of the command pipeline when the memory device is in a power saving mode and the command pipeline is clear of valid commands. The toggling is blocked from causing writes by disabling a data strobe when a command that is invalid in the power saving mode is asserted during the power saving mode.

Concurrent programming of multiple cells for non-volatile memory devices
Patent No. 11545221

Inventor(s): Gerrit Jan Hemink (San Ramon, CA), Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Toru Miwa (Yokohama, , JP), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360572 on 06/28/2021 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for concurrently programming the same data pattern in multiple sets of non-volatile memory cells. Voltage are applied to bit lines in accordance with a data pattern. A select voltage is applied to drain select gates of multiple sets of NAND strings. The system concurrently applies a program pulse to control gates of a different set of selected memory cells in each respective set of the multiple sets of the NAND strings while the select voltage is applied to the drain select gates of the multiple sets of the NAND strings and the voltages are applied to the plurality of bit lines to concurrently program the data pattern into each set of the selected memory cells.

”Read after erase” method for catching single word line ”slow to erase” signature in nonvolatile memory structures
Patent No. 11545225

Inventor(s): Anubhav Khandelwal (San Jose, CA), Parth Amin (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17356823 on 06/24/2021 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for detecting a ”slow to erase” condition of a non-volatile memory structure, wherein the method comprises initiating an erase/verify memory operation with respect to the memory structure, wherein the erase/verify memory operation comprises applying an erase verify voltage according to an alternating word line scheme; following the erase/verify memory operation, determining if a first bit scan mode criteria is satisfied; and, if the first bit scan mode criteria is satisfied, initiating a read/verify memory operation wherein, the read/verify memory operation comprises applying a read-pass voltage according to an all word line scheme, and a magnitude of the read-pass voltage is greater than a magnitude of the erase verify voltage. Following the read/verify memory operation, the method also comprises determining if a second bit scan mode criteria is satisfied and, if the criteria is not satisfied, designating the memory structure with a fail status.

Systems and methods for compensating for erase speed variations due to semi-circle SGD
Patent No. 11545226

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17355684 on 06/23/2021 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-volatile memory systems are disclosed. The memory systems include rows of memory holes FC-SGD and SC-SGD, the latter of which may be created by a SHE cutting operation. The SC-SGD include erase speeds slower than those of FC-SGD. In order to overcome the erase speed disparities, SC-SGD are programmed to a higher Vt as compared to FC-SGD. By programming SC-SGD to a higher Vt, the erase speed increases and matches the erase speed of FC-SGD. Further, different SC-SGDs are cut to different amounts, creating different erase speeds among SC-SGD. SC-SGDs with a greater degree/amount of cut have slower erase speeds as compared to SC-SGDs with a lesser degree/amount of cut. However, verify levels among SC-SGDs can differ to produce SC-SGDs with Vt”s such that their erase speeds match with each other as well as with FC-SGD.

System and method for facilitating data access for itinerate medical personnel
Patent No. 11545258

Inventor(s): Jeannette Ulloa (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CRE-Dense Upload, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: St. Onge Steward Johnston and Reens LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16752145 on 01/24/2020 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for securely allowing access to personal medical worker information for itinerate medical workers working on a contract basis for various medical facilities. The system includes a medical personnel records computer designed to interface with a medical facility computer when a medical worker selects a work contract associated with the medical facility. The medical worker”s personal information is selectively shared based on user defined rules to limits potential compromising of the medical workers personal data due to a data breach or the like.

Charge pump with wide current range
Patent No. 11545984

Inventor(s): Adi Berkowitz (Kfar Yona, , IL), Gal Sokolov (Petah-Tikva, , IL)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897770 on 06/10/2020 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charge pump has a first branch that includes a first node connected between a first pull-up switch and a first pull-down switch and a second branch that includes a second node connected between a second pull-up switch and a second pull-down switch. The second branch is connected in parallel with the first branch. The charge pump has a voltage equalization circuit to equalize a first voltage at the first node and a second voltage at the second node. A third branch includes a third node that is connected between a third pull-up switch and a third pull-down switch. The third node is connected to the second node. The third pull-up switch and the first pull-up switch are controlled by a common pull-up signal. The third pull-down switch and the first pull-down switch are controlled by a common pull-down signal.

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

System and method for migrating an agent server to an agent client device
Patent No. 11546424

Inventor(s): Mark Gerard (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Schwabe, Williamson Wyatt, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409547 on 08/23/2021 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a network of mobile agents, data integrity can be improved by providing an agent server that can migrate between devices operating in the region of interest (ROI). The agent server distributes agent clients onto devices in the ROI and provides agent server services to the agent clients, including receiving and storing data from the agents. When the agent server device is to leave the ROI, the agent server can migrate to any device executing an agent client and continue to provide the agent server services, including data collection and aggregation, from the device to which the agent server has migrated.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Apparatuses and methods to mask write operations for a mode of operation using ECC circuitry
Patent No. 11544010

Inventor(s): Ming-Bo Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17332909 on 05/27/2021 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary semiconductor device includes an input/output (I/O) circuit configured to combine data corresponding to a write command received via data terminals with a first subset of corrected read data retrieved from a memory cell array to provide write data. The exemplary semiconductor device further includes a write driver circuit configured to mask a write operation of a first bit of the write data that corresponds to a bit of the first subset of the read data and to perform a write operation for a second bit of the write data that corresponds to the data received via the data terminals.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Functionally graded thermal vias for inductor winding heat flow control
Patent No. 11545297

Inventor(s): Aritra Ghosh (Boulder, CO), Dragan Maksimovic (Boulder, CO), Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Robert Erickson (Boulder, CO), Vivek Sankaranarayanan (Boulder, CO), Yucheng Gao (Boulder, CO)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16692653 on 11/22/2019 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to apparatuses for enhanced thermal management of an inductor assembly using functionally-graded thermal vias for heat flow control in the windings of the inductor. In one embodiment, a PCB for an inductor assembly includes a top surface and a bottom surface. Two or more electrically-conductive layers are embedded within the PCB and stacked vertically between the top surface and the bottom surface. The two or more electrically-conductive layers are electrically connected to form an inductor winding. A plurality of thermal vias thermally connects each of the two or more electrically-conductive layers to a cold plate thermally connected to the bottom surface. A number of thermal vias thermally connecting each electrically-conductive layer to the cold plate is directly proportional to a predetermined rate of heat dissipation from the electrically-conductive layer.

[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)

Thermal capacity control for relative temperature-based thermal shutdown
Patent No. 11545418

Inventor(s): Ankur Chauhan (Bangalore, , IN), Paragkumar Chaudhari (Bengaluru, , IN), Vishal Gupta (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16369795 on 03/29/2019 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a relative temperature detector configured to determine a temperature difference between a device temperature sensed near a switch device and an ambient temperature sensed outside the switch device. The relative temperature detector is configured to generate a relative temperature output signal based on comparing the temperature difference to a relative temperature threshold. A power detector is configured to generate a power level signal based on comparing an indication of switch power of the switch device to a power threshold. The power level signal specifies whether the indication of switch power is above or below the power threshold. A thermal capacity control is configured to disable the switch device based on the power level signal specifying that the indication of switch power is above the power threshold and based on the relative temperature output signal indicating the temperature difference is above the relative temperature threshold.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

High current packages with reduced solder layer count
Patent No. 11545420

Inventor(s): Liang Wan (Chengdu, , CN), Manu Joseph Prakuzhy (Allen, TX), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), William Todd Harrison (Apex, NC), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16787327 on 02/11/2020 (1057 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a direct current (DC)-DC power converter package comprises a controller, a conductive member, and a first field effect transistor (FET) coupled to the controller and having a first source and a first drain, the first FET coupled to a first portion of the conductive member. The package also comprises a second FET coupled to the controller and having a second source and a second drain, the second FET coupled to a second portion of the conductive member, the first and second portions of the conductive member being non-overlapping in a horizontal plane. The first and second FETs are non-overlapping.

[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]

Multi-die module with contactless coupler and a coupling loss reduction structure
Patent No. 11545466

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Benjamin Stassen Cook (Addison, TX), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150825 on 01/15/2021 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-die module includes a first die with a first electronic device and a second die with a second electronic device. The multi-die module also includes a contactless coupler configured to convey signals between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The multi-die module also includes a coupling loss reduction structure.

Integrated circuit with single level routing
Patent No. 11545480

Inventor(s): Jayateerth Pandurang Mathad (Bangalore, , IN), Raja Selvaraj (Bangalore, , IN), Sachin Ishwar Gojagoji (Bangalore, , IN), Sujay Kumar (Udupi District, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16222670 on 12/17/2018 (1478 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a substrate layer and a resistor bank in a polysilicon layer disposed on the substrate layer. The resistor bank includes a plurality of resistor elements having a body portion extending in a longitudinal direction. A metal line is disposed in a metal layer above the polysilicon layer to extend transverse to the longitudinal direction and across the body portion of a group of the plurality of resistor elements, thereby forming a first region of the resistor bank and a second region of the resistor bank. The first region is separated from the second region by the metal line. A resistor device having a predetermined resistance includes a subset of the resistor elements in the group electrically coupled together in the second region. The resistor device also includes first and second terminals located in the same first or second region of the resistor bank.

Ferroelectric field effect transistors having enhanced memory window and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11545506

Inventor(s): Adarsh Rajashekhar (Santa Clara, CA), Bhagwati Prasad (San Jose, CA), Joyeeta Nag (San Jose, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Seung-Yeul Yang (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097757 on 11/13/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ferroelectric transistor includes a semiconductor channel comprising a semiconductor material, a strained and/or defect containing ferroelectric gate dielectric layer located on a surface of the semiconductor channel, a source region located on a first end portion of the semiconductor channel, and a drain region located on a second end portion of the semiconductor channel.

Superjunction device with oxygen inserted Si-layers
Patent No. 11545545

Inventor(s): Xiaoqiu Huang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, , AT)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16930500 on 07/16/2020 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type, a body region of a second conductivity type between the source region and the drain region, a gate configured to control current through a channel of the body region, a drift zone of the first conductivity type between the body region and the drain region, a superjunction structure formed by a plurality of regions of the second conductivity type laterally spaced apart from one another by intervening regions of the drift zone, and a diffusion barrier structure disposed along sidewalls of the regions of the second conductivity type of the superjunction structure. The diffusion barrier structure includes alternating layers of Si and oxygen-doped Si and a Si capping layer on the alternating layers of Si and oxygen-doped Si.

Reversible battery tray
Patent No. 11545715

Inventor(s): Chase Jay Wolf (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16905595 on 06/18/2020 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a reversible battery tray that has a plurality of first boundary reception areas at a first side, and a plurality of second boundary reception areas at a second side opposite to the first side. The first boundary reception areas have a first shape to receive a first type of battery with a corresponding second shape, and the second boundary reception areas have a third shape to receive a second type of battery with a corresponding fourth shape. The reversible battery tray may be positioned within a battery box such that the first side is exposed or the second side is exposed as selected by a user or an operator of a vehicle to utilize different types of batteries while also restraining movement of the selected type of battery by the user or the operator as well.

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

Electromagnetic dielectric structure adhered to a substrate and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11545753

Inventor(s): John Dobrick (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ROGERS CORPORATION (Chandler, AZ)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17543195 on 12/06/2021 (393 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electromagnetic, EM, device, includes: a substrate having a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer at a first side of the substrate, the substrate having a via that extends at least partially through the substrate from the first side toward an opposing second side of the substrate; at least one dielectric structure having at least one non-gaseous dielectric material that forms a first dielectric portion that extends outward from the first side of the substrate, the first dielectric portion having a first average dielectric constant, the at least one dielectric structure further having a second dielectric portion that is contiguous with the first dielectric portion; wherein the second dielectric portion extends into the via of the substrate, the via having a mechanical interlock surface; and wherein the at least one dielectric structure includes a mechanical interlock between the second dielectric portion and the mechanical interlock surface of the via of the substrate.

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

USB short circuit protection
Patent No. 11545824

Inventor(s): Riazdeen Buhari (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16157293 on 10/11/2018 (1545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power circuit with a first transistor, including a first terminal connected to a first node, a second terminal connected to an input node, and a control terminal connected to a first control node, and a second transistor, including a first terminal connected to the first node, a second terminal connected to an output node, and a control terminal connected to a second control node. A third transistor includes a first terminal connected to the first control node, a second terminal connected to a second node, and a control terminal, and a fourth transistor includes a first terminal connected to the output node, a second terminal connected to the second control node, and a control terminal connected to a third node. The power circuit also includes a current limiting circuit coupled between the second node and the third node.

Thermal management assemblies for electronic assemblies circumferentially mounted around a motor using a flexible substrate
Patent No. 11545874

Inventor(s): Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI), Shohei Suenaga (Ann Arbor, 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: 16719264 on 12/18/2019 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) circumferentially disposed around a motor and a thermal management assembly (TMA) thermally connected to the flexible PCB. One or more switching semiconductor devices are disposed on a first surface of the flexible PCB. The TMA includes a cooling jacket, at least one jacket manifold formed through the cooling jacket and a thermal compensation base layer thermally coupled to the cooling jacket. The cooling jacket is mounted around a circumference of the motor and has a mounting surface concentric with the circumference of the motor. The mounting surface is coupled to the first surface of the flexible PCB. The at least one jacket manifold has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet defining a fluid flow area therebetween. The thermal compensation base layer is thermally coupled to the cooling jacket and the one or more switching semiconductor devices.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Three-dimensional laminate photovoltaic module
Patent No. 11545927

Inventor(s): Nate Peterson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, NJ)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17223830 on 04/06/2021 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a first photovoltaic module and a second photovoltaic module, each having a first end, an opposite second end, a first side extending from the first end to the second end, a second side opposite the first side and extending from the first end to the second end, a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one solar cell, an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, and a frontsheet juxtaposed with a first surface of the encapsulant. A second surface of the first photovoltaic module proximate to a second side thereof is attached to the first surface of the second photovoltaic module proximate to the first side thereof. A second surface of the first photovoltaic module proximate to a second end thereof is attached to the first surface of the second photovoltaic module proximate to the first end thereof.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Methods, apparatus, and systems to adjust transient response in a multistage system
Patent No. 11545939

Inventor(s): Karen Chan (South San Francisco, CA), Sanjay Gurlahosur (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732235 on 12/31/2019 (1099 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed that adjust transient response in a multistage system. An example apparatus includes a first filter including an input configured to be coupled to an output of a master stage, an amplifier, the first input of the amplifier coupled to the input of the first filter, the second input of the amplifier coupled to the output of the first filter, a second filter, the input of the second filter coupled to the output of the amplifier, and a comparator, the first input of the comparator coupled to the input of the first filter circuit, the second input of the comparator coupled to the output of the amplifier, the third input of the comparator coupled to the output of the second filter, and the output of the comparator adapted to be coupled to a latch.

[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)

Transmitter output signal power measurement apparatus
Patent No. 11546004

Inventor(s): Arul Balasubramaniyan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Loza Loza, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17211769 on 03/24/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include a set of power detectors configured to generate a set of analog signals related to a set of output signal power levels of a set of transmit chains of a transmitter, respectively; an analog summer; a set of switching devices configured to send a selected one or more of the set of analog signals to the analog summer, and substantially isolated unselected one or more of the set of power detectors from the analog summer, wherein the analog summer is configured to generate a cumulative analog signal based on a sum of the selected one or more of the set of analog signals; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate a digital signal based on the cumulative analog signal; and a controller configured to control the set of switching devices.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Pseudo-sinusoidal waveform generator for HART communication
Patent No. 11546016

Inventor(s): Masahiro Yoshioka (Allen, TX), Michael Douglas Snedeker (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17205287 on 03/18/2021 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication system includes a first system input adapted to be coupled to a DC transient current transitioning between a starting level and a target level on a pseudo-sinusoidal path and incudes a second system input adapted to be coupled to a HART signal. The system includes an adder circuit having an output, a first adder input coupled to the first system input and a second adder input coupled to the second system input. The adder circuit provides a superimposed signal comprising the HART signal and the DC transient current.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Apparatus/system for voice assistant, multi-media capture, speech to text conversion, plurality of photo/video image/object recognition, fully automated creation of searchable metatags/contextual tags, storage and search retrieval
Patent No. 11546154

Inventor(s): Michael F. Malone (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MyPortIP, Inc. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17586215 on 01/27/2022 (341 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention relates to a network interface device. A first capture device interfaces with a first external information source to capture first external information. A processor processes the captured first external information and stores it in a first media. The processor initiates the storage of the first captured information at an initial time and completes storage of the first captured information at a completion time, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information. A transmitter transmits the defined set of stored captured information to a remote location on a network. A remote processing system is disposed at the remote node on the network and includes a database and a receiver for receiving the transmitted defined set of first captured information. A data converter is operable to convert the received defined set of first captured information to a second format. The database stores the set of converted captured information.

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

Secure data communication using Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE) key agreement
Patent No. 11546156

Inventor(s): Zachary Curtis Wade (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16885053 on 05/27/2020 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to establishing secure data communication using an Elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman ephemeral (ECDHE) key agreement procedure. Devices in a network environment can utilize a key agreement procedure to establish secure communication between multiple application layers in a micro service architecture. Particularly, a tunnel can be established between a mobile device and an encryption service by transmitting key information between the mobile device and the encryption service. This can allow for encryption keys to only be accurately generated by the mobile device and encryption service. Accordingly, intermediary nodes may be unable to decrypt the data, allowing for safe and secure transport of sensitive data.

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

Control system anomaly detection using neural network consensus
Patent No. 11546205

Inventor(s): Aviraj Sinha (Dallas, TX), Eric Larson (Dallas, TX), Michael Taylor (Dallas, TX), Mitchell Thornton (Dallas, TX), Nathan Srirama (Dallas, TX), Theodore Manikas (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Ironwood Cyber Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17837472 on 06/10/2022 (207 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and platforms comprising neural networks for control system anomaly detection.

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

Robotic process automation bot operational management system
Patent No. 11546206

Inventor(s): David Roth (Plano, TX), Rodney McTaggart (Kaufman, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT DIGITAL LIFE, INC. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094406 on 11/10/2020 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a processor and a memory. The processor effectuates operations including monitoring enterprise network traffic associated with one or more user device (UE). The processor further effectuates operations including comparing the enterprise network traffic to a UE profile associated with each of the one or more UE. The processor further effectuates operations including determining whether the comparison indicates that a predetermined threshold has been exceeded. The processor further effectuates operations including in response to the indication that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, generating an alert, wherein exceeding the predetermined threshold is indicative of a denial of service attack on an enterprise network or an attempt to remove enterprise data via the one or more UE.

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

Systems and methods for bi-directional machine-learning (ML)-based network compatibility engine
Patent No. 11546218

Inventor(s): Robert Brice (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460461 on 08/30/2021 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ML-based method for conforming a target network to control requirements of a host network is provided. The method may include running a first digital scan of the host network and determining the host network”s control requirements based on the first digital scan. The method may include identifying, based on the second digital scan, elements of the target network that violate the control requirements. The method may include generating a compliance report and/or an executable file. The compliance report may include a compatibility score of the target network vis–vis the host network, and a compatibility plan that includes steps which improve the compatibility score and conform the target network to the control requirements of the host network. The executable file, when executed at the target network, may execute the compatibility plan.

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

Forwarding element data plane with computing parameter distributor
Patent No. 11546273

Inventor(s): Patrick W. Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945012 on 07/31/2020 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a network forwarding element with a data-plane forwarding circuit that has a parameter collecting circuit to store and distribute parameter values computed by several machines in a network. In some embodiments, the machines perform distributed computing operations, and the parameter values that compute are parameter values associated with the distributed computing operations. The parameter collecting circuit of the data-plane forwarding circuit (data plane) in some embodiments (1) stores a set of parameter values computed and sent by a first set of machines, and (2) distributes the collected parameter values to a second set of machines once it has collected the set of parameter values from all the machines in the first set. The first and second sets of machines are the same set of machines in some embodiments, while they are different sets of machines (e.g., one set has at least one machine that is not in the other set) in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the parameter collecting circuit performs computations on the parameter values that it collects and distributes the result of the computations once it has processed all the parameter values distributed by the first set of machines. The computations are aggregating operations (e.g., adding, averaging, etc.) that combine corresponding subset of parameter values distributed by the first set of machines.

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

System and method for receiving information among computer systems without enabling log ins if the user identifiers are compromised
Patent No. 11546316

Inventor(s): William Page (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Charles Schwab Co., Inc. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Innovation Partners LLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093216 on 11/09/2020 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method allows a matching system to mediate requests for information among different computer systems without storing information that can be used to log into those computer systems.

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

Detection of malicious activity on CAN bus
Patent No. 11546353

Inventor(s): Ryan Wiesenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), Sachin J. Ahire (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16516007 on 07/18/2019 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a threat detection system. The threat detection system includes a threat forensics platform. The threat forensics platform includes a memory. The memory is configured to store a baseline model of controller area network (CAN) data. The threat forensics platform includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain CAN data including multiple messages. The processor is configured to compare the CAN data including the multiple messages with the baseline model. The processor is configured to determine a threat score for the CAN data based on the comparison and determine that there is a threat within the CAN data based on the threat score. The processor is configured to provide an indication that there is the threat to a driver of a vehicle or to a service provider.

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

Method and system for universal security services abstraction
Patent No. 11546445

Inventor(s): Abhinav Bagul (Dallas, TX), Kerry Fleming (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): salesforce.com, inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204880 on 03/17/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for providing interoperability between a plurality of security services and target applications by an interoperability service. The method includes receiving a request from one of the plurality of security services to perform a task on a target application, preparing a unified data model for interaction with the target application, determining and organizing data connections to perform the task on the target application, generating a set of requests using the unified data model based on the task and utilizing business logic of the interoperability service for the data connections with the target application, transforming the set of requests into commands and data structures specific to the target application, and sending the set of requests on respective data connections with the target application.

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

Building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications
Patent No. 11546450

Inventor(s): Anand G. Dabak (Plano, TX), Badri N Varadarajan (Mountain View, TX), Il Han Kim (Allen, TX), Tarkesh Pande (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17355231 on 06/23/2021 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications (PLC) are described. Various techniques described herein provide a preamble design using one or more symbols. One or more preamble symbols may be interspersed within a header portion of a PLC frame to facilitate estimation of a frame boundary and/or sampling frequency offset, for example, in the presence of impulsive noise.

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

Efficient and flexible color processor
Patent No. 11546562

Inventor(s): Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Allu (Plano, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17497560 on 10/08/2021 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: An image signal processor includes a first matrix processing circuit, a post processing circuit, a second matrix processing circuit, and a split visual and analytics circuit. The first matrix processing circuit is configured to receive a plurality of component images generated based on an image captured by an image sensor and generate a plurality of first matrix outputs based on the plurality of component images. The post processing circuit is configured to perform color conversion on the plurality of first matrix outputs to generate a first luminance component of the image and a chrominance component of the image. The second matrix processing circuit is configured to perform color conversion on the plurality of first matrix outputs to generate a second luminance component of the image and a saturation component of the image. The split visual and analytics circuit is configured to generate visual and analytic data of the image.

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

CABAC decoder with decoupled arithmetic decoding and inverse binarization
Patent No. 11546620

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet Umut Demircin (Kecioren, , TR)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17163749 on 02/01/2021 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: An encoded bitstream of entropy encoded video data is received by a video decoder. The encoded bitstream represents syntax elements of a sequence of coding blocks. The sequence of coding blocks is recovered by processing a bin sequences associated with each coding block in a processing pipeline, wherein a defined amount of time is allocated to process each coding block in the processing pipeline. The encoded bitstream is arithmetically decoded to produce each bin sequence. The arithmetic decoder is time-wise decoupled from the processing pipeline by storing a plurality of the bin sequences in a buffer memory.

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

Systems and methods for reducing blocking artifacts
Patent No. 11546640

Inventor(s): Mangesh Devidas Sadafale (Nagpur, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151699 on 01/19/2021 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: Several systems, methods and integrated circuits capable of reducing blocking artifacts in video data are disclosed. In an embodiment, a system for reducing blocking artifacts in video data includes a processing module and a deblocking module. The deblocking module comprises a luma deblocking filter and a chroma deblocking filter configured to filter an edge between adjacent blocks associated with the video data, where a block of the adjacent blocks corresponds to one of a prediction block and a transform block. The processing module is communicatively associated with the deblocking module and is operable to configure at least one filter coefficient corresponding to the chroma deblocking filter based on one or more filter coefficients corresponding to the luma deblocking filter. The processing module is further configured to cause the chroma deblocking filter to filter the edge between the adjacent blocks based on the configured at least one filter coefficient.

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

Audio playback under short circuit conditions
Patent No. 11546709

Inventor(s): Mohit Chawla (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16939376 on 07/27/2020 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: An audio system includes an H-bridge. The audio system implements one or more techniques for ensuring a transistor within the H-bridge does not turn on in the event of the detection of a short-circuit on the output of the H-bridge. Other transistors within the H-bridge can turn and thus audio can still be played to a speaker.

[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]

System and method for user equipment identification and communications
Patent No. 11546752

Inventor(s): Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA), William Anthony Gage (Stittsville, , CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16933852 on 07/20/2020 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for identifier management for user devices operating in an inactive mode includes receiving a first uplink transmission including a user device identifier associated with a user device, transmitting a first downlink transmission including an indication of an ephemeral identifier assigned to the user device, transmitting a second downlink transmission including data associated with the ephemeral identifier, and discarding the ephemeral identifier.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for object detection based on network beamforming
Patent No. 11546777

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16992502 on 08/13/2020 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a beamforming-based detection service is provided. A radio device of a radio access network may receive radio information relating to a location. A current radio contour of the location may be generated based on signal and noise data. The current radio contour may be compared to a default radio contour of the location. The current radio contour may be compared to an event-based radio contours that indicate various events. A determination may be made whether an event has occurred based on a result of the comparison. A response may be provided when the event is detected.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for polymorphic algorithm-based network slice orchestration
Patent No. 11546780

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke, TX), Ravi Potluri (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234912 on 04/20/2021 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a polymorphic algorithm-based network slice orchestrator service is provided. The service may manage network slices based on radio access network performance metrics, core network performance metrics, network slice performance metrics, a machine learning framework, and polymorphic algorithms. The service may be applied to a multi-tier network. The service may include management of a data network access point of the network slice on a per-tier basis.

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

CSI definitions and feedback modes for coordinated multi-point transmission
Patent No. 11546787

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Dallas, TX), Jin-Kyu Han (Allen, TX), Young-Han Nam (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 13888659 on 05/07/2013 (3528 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus report channel state information (CSI) feedback of a user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multipoint communication system. The method includes identifying, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The method also includes using the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, identify an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The controller is configured to use the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network selection and random access method and apparatus of machine-type communication user equipment in mobile communication system
Patent No. 11546842

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Jefferson IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16906524 on 06/19/2020 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network selection, a random access method, and an apparatus of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. A cell selection method of an MTC terminal of the present disclosure includes receiving a message from a base station forming a cell, determining whether the message includes an MTC supportability indicator, and barring, when the message includes no MTC supportability indicator, scanning a frequency used in communication with the base station during a determined period.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for signaling transmission layers for single user and multi user MIMO
Patent No. 11546900

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX), Sean Michael McBeath (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17344331 on 06/10/2021 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for dynamic multi-beam operations
Patent No. 11546902

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: 17222592 on 04/05/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information including P1 beam switching time (BST) values and a set of TCI states; receiving, based on the configuration information, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state update; determining a beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the beam for a downlink (DL) reception or an uplink (UL) transmission, at least after a duration of time from receiving the TCI state update, wherein the duration of time is determined based on the P BST values.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Bearer control for secondary radio access technology in dual connectivity networks
Patent No. 11546956

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17111944 on 12/04/2020 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling bearers in a core network includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a request for access to network resources, where the core network is coupled with a primary radio access technology (RAT) and a secondary RAT. The method includes determining an access point name (APN) RAT access restriction in response to the received request, where the APN RAT access restriction associates an APN with a corresponding RAT, where the corresponding RAT comprises at least one of the primary RAT or the secondary RAT. The method also includes assigning a radio bearer based on the determined APN RAT access restriction, wherein the assigned radio bearer exchanges data via the corresponding RAT; and identifying, to a master node, the assigned radio bearer for exchanging data between the UE device and a device specified by the APN via the corresponding RAT.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Air flow distribution system for data center server racks
Patent No. 11547019

Inventor(s): Earl Keisling (Ridgefield, CT), Gerald McDonnell (Spring Hill, FL), John Costakis (Glasco, NY)
Assignee(s): INERTECH IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weber Rosselli Cannon LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928633 on 07/14/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air flow distribution system for cooling server racks includes at least one server rack partially defining a hot aisle and a cold aisle, a first air foil disposed above the server rack, and a second air foil disposed above the first air foil. The first air foil and the second air foil are configured to receive air from the hot aisle, and to form turbulent wake patterns in the cold aisle partially defined by the server rack. The air flow distribution system may include a convex ceiling member above the second air foil. A corresponding method includes causing air to be directed between a first air foil disposed above a server rack and a second air foil disposed above the first air foil to form turbulent wake patterns in the cold aisle. An electrical enclosure assembly includes a receptacle and a cover member configured as an air foil.

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Hair comb
Patent No. D974045

Inventor(s): Reuben L Shearrill (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Patent 360 (Local + 459 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29747224 on 08/20/2020 (866 days app to issue)