Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. 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 Oct. 3, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

152 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 17
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 15
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 2
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 3
G: PHYSICS 50
H: ELECTRICITY 53
DESIGN: 3

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 19
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 18
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 7
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 5
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 4
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 4
International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, NY) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Chi-san Ho (Allen) 2
Manu Kurian (Dallas) 2
Marcio Dias Lima (Richardson) 2
Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton) 2
Naveen Bhoria (Plano) 2
Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano) 2
Sunil Vasisht (Frisco) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Automated hydroponics system
Patent No. 11771014

Inventor(s): Robert V. Neuhoff, Jr. (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840445 on 06/14/2022 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. There is a substantially rectangular frame having a plurality of corners with a light panel that is secured to the frame. Brackets a first opening are secured to each corner. Mounting members are secured to the brackets. The mounting members have: a first body; a second and third aligned openings formed in the first body; a fourth opening formed in the first body; and a plurality of second bodies, where each second body extends from the bottom face of the first body. Also, each second body includes a front and a rear, wherein the front of each second body is at least partially set back from the front face of the first body, and wherein the rear of each second body is substantially aligned with the rear face of the first body.

[A01G] HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS, OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like A01D 46/00; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H 4/00; devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N 15/08; propagating unicellular algae C12N 1/12; plant cell culture C12N 5/00)

Corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
Patent No. 11771061

Inventor(s): Michael Ehrman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Protect Animals with Satellites, LLC (Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995137 on 08/17/2020 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a pet collar that can be configured to determine its geolocational position and evaluate that position with respect to the geo-fence of a predetermined, geo-fenced ”safe” zone. If the collar determines that its position is inside a safe zone but is near the geo-fence, the collar can be configured to provide a warning correction. If the collar determines that it is outside a predetermined safe zone, the collar can also be configured to provide a stronger correction to discourage the pet from continuing away from the safe zone. The collar can also be configured to guide the pet back to the safe zone such as by varying the strength and/or type of correction provided based at least in part on the distance of the collar from the geo-fence.

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

Shoe tote
Patent No. 11771189

Inventor(s): James Leaks, Jr. (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SHOE PAC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Goodhue, Coleman Owens, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17365291 on 07/01/2021 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shoe tote includes a first and a second shoe sock each with a first and second opposing side walls spaced apart by a bottom portion and a back portion. Each shoe sock has an exterior and an interior portion, designed to receive footwear. Each shoe socks contain a top portion opposing the bottom portion and a front portion opposing the back portion. Each shoe sock contains a closure mechanism. The shoe socks are separated by a strap. The strap has a first terminal end and a second terminal end. The strap further contains a first attachment disposed between the first terminal end of the strap and the first shoe sock. The strap also is comprised of a second attachment disposed between the second terminal end of the strap and the second shoe sock.

[A45C] PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

Modular furniture with tool free assembly
Patent No. 11771232

Inventor(s): Venkataramu Bangalore (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOBLE HOUSE HOME FURNISHING LLC (Chatsworth, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17575503 on 01/13/2022 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular furniture piece with integrated connectors comprises a first module with a plurality of first integrated connectors selectively located thereon. A second module is provided for fastening to the first module, and the second module has a plurality of second integrated connectors located thereon. The first integrated connectors register with the second integrated connectors when the first module and the second module are positioned with respect to each other in their assembled orientation.

[A47C] CHAIRS (seats specially adapted for vehicles B60N 2/00); SOFAS; BEDS (upholstery in general B68G)

French coffee press
Patent No. 11771257

Inventor(s): Toby Eisenberg (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081951 on 10/27/2020 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved French coffee press apparatus, system, and method that utilizes a locking ring to engage with a locking base that can be removed from the carafe, along with any coffee grounds. The locking ring is connected to the pressing rod, which also includes a filter system above the locking ring. The pressing rod fits through an opening in the carafe lid, and the carafe lid secures the liquid inside the carafe. The combination of the filtering system assists in the filtering and capture of any coffee grounds into the locking base for cleaning, and the locking ring assists in the removal of the locking base.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

System and method for wirelessly transmitting operational data from an endoscope to a remote device
Patent No. 11771303

Inventor(s): Dawn R. Williams (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. (Birmingham, AL)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17507386 on 10/21/2021 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for wirelessly transmitting data from an endoscope, comprising an endoscope having a control body, an insertion tube extending from the control body, the distal end of the insertion tube containing an image sensor and a light source, and a control head connected to the control body, which comprises a battery; a light source amplifier connected to the battery, the light source amplifier operable to boost the intensity of the light source; a video processor configured to create compressed video data from a video stream captured via the image sensor; and a wireless communication module configured to negotiate a wireless connection with a mobile device, wherein the wireless communication module is further configured to transmit the compressed video data to the mobile device over the wireless connection, and wherein the wireless communication module comprises a channel discriminator configured to automatically avoid RF interference.

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

Systems and methods for collecting and screening of pancreatic secretions
Patent No. 11771311

Inventor(s): Guohua Xiao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): AnX Robotica Corp (Pleasanton, CA)
Law Firm: Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17384101 on 07/23/2021 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed here are systems and methods for collecting and/or screening of a pancreatic secretion, using a capsule endoscope comprising an imaging system and a trypsin sensor, and a tether coupled to the capsule endoscope.

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

System and method for human motion detection and tracking
Patent No. 11771327

Inventor(s): Longbo Kong (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Physmodo, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055634 on 11/15/2022 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. A memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures a depth frame from the optical sensing instrument. The depth frame may include at each image element first coordinate values including a point related to a distance from the optical sensing instrument. The depth frame is converted into a designated depth frame format, which includes at each image element second coordinate values relative to the depth frame. Probability distribution models are applied to the designated depth frame format to identify a respective plurality of body parts. The position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the designated depth frame is calculated as is the position of each of the plurality of body parts in the depth frame.

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

Burring devices, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11771440

Inventor(s): Kevin Ray Myers (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Knobbe Martens Olson Bear LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166940 on 02/09/2023 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A burring device for burring tissue, bone, or cartilage may include a shaft including a burr attached at a distal end. The shaft may be configured at a proximal end to be removably attached to a motor configured to drive a rotational movement of the burr. The device may include a housing configured to house the shaft in a lengthwise direction and at least a portion of the burr. The housing may be configured to allow rotational movement of the burr, and may include, at a distal portion, an opening through which at least a portion of the burr can extend beyond the housing. The shaft or the housing may be configured to be adjustably movable in a linear direction relative to each other so that at least a portion of the burr can extend beyond a distal end of the housing.

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

Hydraulic muscle from hollow wrapped carbon nanotube yarn
Patent No. 11771546

Inventor(s): Marcio Dias Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16970572 on 02/22/2019 (1684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydraulic muscle comprises a hollow carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn tube comprising: a plurality of CNT sheets twisted and wrapped in form of a hollow tube; and a binding agent infiltrated in the plurality of CNT sheets that binds the plurality of the CNT sheets together. A method of manufacturing a hydraulic muscle comprises: twisting and wrapping a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets around a core fiber; infiltrating a binding agent in between the plurality of CNT sheets, wherein the binding agent binds the plurality of the CNT sheets together; and removing the core fiber from the plurality of CNT sheets.

[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]

Safe-release bone fastener for use with a ligament augmentation strap
Patent No. 11771550

Inventor(s): Tarek O. Souryal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153505 on 01/20/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus, system and method for ligament augmentation strap assembly. The ligament augmentation strap assembly includes an ligament augmentation strap inserted through a hole previously drilled through two adjacent bones; and a safe-release bone fastener attached to end of the ligament augmentation strap and configured to collapse when a force greater than a threshold is applied from the ligament augmentation strap.

Vertically adjustable boom head and cable management therefor
Patent No. 11771611

Inventor(s): David P. Chase (Southlake, TX), Dustin Ryan Campbell (Fort Worth, TX), Lancer Drake Halcom (Coppell, TX), Matthew Ryan Adamo (Flower Mound, TX), Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: MORRISON FOERSTER LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480105 on 09/20/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gripping assembly for gripping at least one conduit routed within a vertically adjustable medical boom head assembly includes a support, and a plurality of grip paddles pivotally mounted to the support and arranged around a central pathway for routing the at least one conduit, wherein the grip paddles are configured to pivot inwardly relative to the central pathway to grip the at least one conduit running through the central pathway.

[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)

Stable vitamin C compositions
Patent No. 11771638

Inventor(s): Isaac Thomas (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17143757 on 01/07/2021 (999 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-aqueous composition is disclosed that includes ascorbic acid, a silicone oil, at least 15% by weight of an essential oil, propylene glycol, and glycerin, wherein at least 50% of the initial amount of ascorbic acid in the non-aqueous composition remains stable when the composition is stored for at least 1 month at room temperature.

[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)

Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery
Patent No. 11771714

Inventor(s): Ralph P. Stone (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854680 on 06/30/2022 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspension vehicles for delivery of at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment. The disclosure also provides methods of delivering at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment.

Fluid delivery devices, systems and methods
Patent No. 11771823

Inventor(s): Brian Highley (Keller, TX), Clint Taylor (Addison, TX), Jason Adams (Frisco, TX), Kraig Kooiman (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. (Northridge, CA)
Law Firm: FORTEM IP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16460565 on 07/02/2019 (1554 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fluid delivery devices, systems and methods. The fluid delivery devices may be used to delivery fluid (e.g., insulin) to a user. The devices may have one or more inlets, and may be configured for use with an injection device, such as a syringe, and/or with a pump.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

Diagnostic circuitry for monitoring charge states of electrodes of a lead system associated with an implantable pulse generator
Patent No. 11771904

Inventor(s): Daran DeShazo (Lewisville, TX), Steven Boor (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16917199 on 06/30/2020 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for measuring and monitoring charge states of one or more electrodes of an implanted stimulation lead system associated with an IPG. A Kelvin connection scheme operative with a switching circuit is provided for coupling select electrode terminals disposed in a Kelvin connection measurement loop in a switchable manner to sense and reference inputs of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured as at least part of diagnostic circuitry for the IPG.

[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]

Multi-material iron-type golf club head
Patent No. 11771964

Inventor(s): Jeffrey J. Albertsen (Plano, TX), Michael Scott Burnett (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC. (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: DAWSEY CO., LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832942 on 06/06/2022 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-material iron-type golf club head having a shell that defines a closed internal volume, where the head is composed of at least two different materials, incorporates a variable face thickness, and achieves a high maximum characteristic time.

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

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

Needle adapter and device for soft material extrusion of core-shell structures
Patent No. 11771881

Inventor(s): Minoru Hirano (Cambridge, MA), Tsuyoshi Nomura (Novi, 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: 16555106 on 08/29/2019 (1496 days app to issue)

Abstract: A two piece adapter for extrusion of cylindrical core-shell structures using conventional biomedical needles includes first and second adapter pieces. The first adapter piece includes first and second (core and shell) inlet ports. The core inlet port leads directly to a male Luer fitting attachable to a core needle and surrounded by a threaded chamber. The shell inlet port is led, via a side chamber, into the side of the threaded chamber. The second adapter piece attaches to the bottom of the threaded chamber and is configured to attach to a shell needle, so that the shaft of the core needle sits inside the shaft of the shell needle.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Vehicle systems for controlling temperature of compartments for storing hems
Patent No. 11772448

Inventor(s): Armin Lange (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16690919 on 11/21/2019 (1412 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a temperature of a compartment of a vehicle are provided. The vehicle system includes a compartment, one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive information about an item; determine whether the item needs to be temperature controlled based on the information; and instruct a temperature control system to adjust a temperature of the compartment of the vehicle in response to determining the item needs to be temperature controlled.

[B60H] ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

Systems and methods for predicting degradation of a battery for use in an electric vehicle
Patent No. 11772514

Inventor(s): Steven J. Foland (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): BETA AIR, LLC (South Burlington, VT)
Law Firm: CALDWELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090336 on 12/28/2022 (279 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for predicting degradation of a battery for use in an electric vehicle is presented. The system includes a computing device communicatively connected to at least a pack monitor unit, wherein the at least a pack monitor unit is configured to detect a battery pack datum of a plurality of battery modules incorporated in a battery pack. The computing device is further configured to receive the battery pack datum as a function of the at least a pack monitor unit, generate, as a function of the battery pack datum, a battery pack model associated with the battery pack of the electric vehicle, and determine a battery degradation prediction as a function of the battery pack datum and the battery pack model.

[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]

Vehicles with one or more programmable connection ports
Patent No. 11772587

Inventor(s): Aaron Weidenaar (Ann Arbor, MI), Clinton J. Williams (Saline, MI), John Charles Rafferty (Dexter, MI), Lou M. Pope (Ypsilanti, 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: 16791338 on 02/14/2020 (1327 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, one or more programmable connection ports electrically coupled to the battery, and an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the one or more programmable connection ports. The electronic controller receives a user control signal from a user input device communicatively coupled to the electronic controller, wherein the user control signal indicates a threshold of operation, and selectively operates the one or more programmable connection ports in response to the threshold of operation indicated by the user control signal from the user input device.

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

Unsafe transport operation
Patent No. 11772672

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16790678 on 02/13/2020 (1328 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by one or more sensors of a transport, that the transport is unsafe to operate, providing, by the one or more sensors, sensor data related to the unsafe operation to a server, receiving, from the server, transport operating parameters, and operating the transport within the transport operating parameters. The transport operating parameters limit transport functionality and are in proportion to the sensor data.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Locked-axle spring compression system and method
Patent No. 11772689

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Romero (Lawrence, KS), Edward M. Meyers (Grantville, KS), Henry R. Schafer (Smithville, MO), Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, KS), Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, KS), Ryan L. Kimberlin (Meriden, KS), Timothy Webb (T
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935387 on 09/26/2022 (372 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locked-axle spring compression system and method configured to raise a rail vehicle wheel off a rail and transport the raised wheel along a rail is presented. In one embodiment, the present disclosure discloses a system that can raise the locked-axle rail wheel off the rail and allowing the locked-axle train to be transported off the main line. One or more coil springs can be disposed between the truck frame and the journal box to distribute the weight of the train and forces acting thereon. The present disclosure provides a technological solution missing from conventional systems by at least providing a platform for an actuator configured to exert a force on one or more train elements to compress the coil springs and allow the locked-axle wheel to be raised off a surface (e.g., railroad track rail), by overcoming the coil spring pressure to raise the wheel off the rail.

[B61F] RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES (for vehicles in general B60; axles or wheels B60B; vehicle tyres B60C)

Vehicle active aerodynamic device with service support logic and mechanism
Patent No. 11772720

Inventor(s): Alexandra Noelle Gaunt (Ypsilanti, MI), Corey Benjamin Sargent (Novi, MI), Jesse Rydell (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: 17508121 on 10/22/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes an aerodynamic device. The aerodynamic device includes: an air dam movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, an actuator operatively coupled to the air dam, the actuator configured to move the air dam between the deployed position and the retracted position, and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuator. The controller is configured to operate the actuator to move the air dam into the deployed position when the controller receives a service request signal.

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

Apparatus and methods for aligning headlamp assemblies
Patent No. 11772726

Inventor(s): Alexander L. Paradis (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: 17497626 on 10/08/2021 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for aiming a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having an aiming bracket and a sensor coupled to the aiming bracket. The method includes adjusting the aiming bracket such that an optical axis of the optical assembly inside of the headlamp assembly is parallel to a predetermined axis). The method further includes storing an output of the sensor when the optical axis is parallel to the predetermined axis. The method further includes installing the headlamp assembly into the vehicle. The method further includes adjusting the aiming bracket such that the output of the sensor equals the stored output.

Multi-purpose prop-rotor spinner arrangement
Patent No. 11772784

Inventor(s): James McCollough (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16933019 on 07/20/2020 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: A propeller system for a tail section of an aircraft includes a propeller hub located at the tail section of the aircraft, a plurality of propeller blades mounted to and extending outwardly from the propeller hub, a propeller shaft coupled to the propeller hub and operable to rotate the propeller hub about an axis of rotation, and a propeller gearbox connected to the propeller shaft. The propeller gearbox is fluidly cooled by an airflow within the tail section. A spinner assembly surrounds the propeller hub. The spinner assembly includes at least one outlet opening formed therein downstream from the propeller hub relative to the airflow. The spinner assembly is rotatable to draw the airflow into at least one cooling flow inlet formed in the tail section and across the propeller gearbox to cool the propeller gearbox and out the at least one outlet opening.

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

Electric tiltrotor aircraft with offset tilting motors
Patent No. 11772804

Inventor(s): Charles Hubert Speller (Flower Mound, TX), George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Grant Michael Beall (Arlington, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17148273 on 01/13/2021 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft is described and includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast. The drive system includes at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a motor shaft; and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the motor shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft.

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

Configurable electrical architectures for eVTOL aircraft
Patent No. 11772805

Inventor(s): Michael Raymond Hull (Fort Worth, TX), Steven Loveland (Keller, TX), Yue Fan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17173989 on 02/11/2021 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A configurable electrical architecture for an eVTOL aircraft having a takeoff and landing power mode and a cruise power mode. The configurable electrical architecture includes a power-optimized power source including a high-power battery array and an energy-optimized power source selected from a plurality of interchangeable energy-optimized power sources including a high-energy battery array, a hydrogen fuel cell system and a turbo-generator system. A distribution system is electrically coupled to the power-optimized power source and the energy-optimized power source. At least one electric motor is electrically coupled to the distribution system. In the takeoff and landing power mode, both the power-optimized power source and the energy-optimized power source provide electrical power to the at least one electric motor. In the cruise power mode, the energy-optimized power source provides electrical power to the at least one electric motor and to the power-optimized power source to recharge the high-power battery array.

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

Storage box
Patent No. 11772854

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Handan, , CN), Xiaojia Liu (Handan, , CN)
Assignee(s): GENICOOK PRODUCT LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17701718 on 03/23/2022 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention discloses a storage box, comprising a box body and a cover body which is covered on the top of the box body, and further comprising a partition component. The partition component comprises a first silica gel sealing strip frame, a second silica gel sealing strip frame and a hard partition plate; the inner wall of the first silica gel sealing strip frame is provided with a first groove; the first silica gel sealing strip frame is placed vertically inside the box body; the outer wall of the first silica gel sealing strip frame is attached to the inner wall of the box body; the inner wall of the second silica gel sealing strip frame is provided with a second groove; the hard partition plate is provided with third grooves on both corresponding sides near the top.

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

System to hold multiple beverage containers
Patent No. 11772875

Inventor(s): Laura J. Roberts (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Lightbulb Innovation, LLC (Temple, TX)
Law Firm: Trop, Pruner Hu, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17834348 on 06/07/2022 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.

Conveyor systems including awareness flag mechanisms
Patent No. 11772900

Inventor(s): Stephen R. Essex (Waddy, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17562134 on 12/27/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A conveyor system includes at least one conveyor table and an awareness flag mechanism. The awareness flag mechanism includes a support rod mounted to the at least one conveyor table and extending outwardly therefrom in a cross-conveying direction. A counterweight assembly includes a support shaft pivotally connected to the support rod. The support shaft has a resiliently flexible portion. Aa counterweight is located at a lower end of the support shaft. Aa flag is located at an opposite, upper end of the support shaft. The counterweight biases the counterweight assembly toward an upright, awareness configuration where the flag is located above a conveying surface of the at least one conveyor table.

[B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

Apparatus and method for spooling wire
Patent No. 11772930

Inventor(s): John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), Kevin D. Rodgers (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: WARREN RHOADES LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17408093 on 08/20/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reel apparatus comprising a pipe; an outer flange assembly comprising two outer support walls connected to the pipe and wherein each outer support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; an inner flange assembly comprising two inner support walls, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly and the pipe and wherein each inner support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; and a motor assembly connected to the inner flange assembly and outer flange assembly, wherein the motor assembly is physically connect to the outer flange assembly and wherein the motor assembly is rotationally connected to the inner flange assembly.

[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

Pozzolanic compositions containing coal ash and remediation agents for use in cementitious materials
Patent No. 11773018

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Alexander Whidden (Brentwood, MO), Joseph Earl Thomas (Malad City, ID), Richard Douglas Carter (Macon, GA)
Assignee(s): CR Minerals Company, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: O”Connor Company (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17158172 on 01/26/2021 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: It has been unexpectedly discovered that the addition of a natural or other pozzolan to non-spec coal ash significantly improves the properties of the non-spec coal ash to the extent it can be certified under ASTM C618 and AASHTO 295, as either a Class F or Class C coal ash. The natural pozzolan may be a volcanic ejecta, such as pumice or perlite. Other pozzolans may also be used for this beneficiation process. Many pozzolans are experimentally tested and may be used to beneficiate non-spec coal ash into certifiable Class F coal ash. Additionally, this disclosure provides a method of converting a Class C coal ash to a more valuable Class F coal ash. This discovery will extend diminishing Class F coal ash supplies and turn non-spec coal ash waste streams into valuable, certified coal ash pozzolan which will protect and enhance concrete, mortars and grouts.

[C04B] LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C 10/00); REFRACTORIES (alloys based on refractory metals C22C); TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE [4]

Tau peptide immunogen constructs
Patent No. 11773148

Inventor(s): Chang Yi Wang (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
Assignee(s): UNS IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16759584 on 10/26/2018 (1803 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to individual peptide immunogen constructs targeting portions of the Tau protein for the treatment and/or prevention of tauopathies. The present disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the peptide immunogen constructs, methods of making and using the peptide immunogen constructs, and antibodies produced by the peptide immunogen constructs.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Compositions and methods for treatment of Netherton Syndrome with LEKTI expressing recombinant microbes
Patent No. 11773154

Inventor(s): Travis Michael Whitfill (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Azitra Inc (Branford, CT)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16010051 on 06/15/2018 (1936 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, engineered microbes expressing recombinant LEKTI domains that are effective to treat or ameliorate the symptoms of Netherton Syndrome. In certain embodiments, compositions, methods, and kits are provided comprising LEKTI domain expressing microbes.

Thermoplastic vulcanizates and compositions thereof
Patent No. 11773244

Inventor(s): Leander M. Kenens (Vlaams Brabant, , BE), Michael J. Goncy (Mont Belvieu, TX), Tonson Abraham (Avon, OH)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16762838 on 09/21/2018 (1838 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition with a dispersed phase of a rubber, partially cured in a phenolic resin curing agent, and a continuous thermoplastic phase including at least one thermoplastic polymer, where the composition has one or more of the following properties: (i) an epoxidized soy bean oil is added after the partial curing of the rubber phase; (ii) a combination of an alkyl radical scavenger and an alkyl phosphite is added during the partial curing of the rubber phase; (iii) the thermoplastic phase has 10 wt % polypropylene having a heat of fusion 80 J/g, and the composition includes (a) stannous chloride; (b) a non-basic hindered amine light stabilizer; and/or (c) both (a) and (b); and (iv) where (i) to (iii) include carbon black in the composition.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Metastable state mixing
Patent No. 11773366

Inventor(s): Amanda K. Rosmarin (Lantana, TX), Charles J. Greenwald (Irving, TX), Christopher J. Laney (Euless, TX), Gabriel F. K. Everett (Mansfield, TX), Jordan E. Church (Dallas, TX), Judith G. Pruitt (Mesquite, TX), Michael J. Sch
Assignee(s): NCH Life Sciences LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17508254 on 10/22/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: Metastable state spore incubation mixing systems are described. An example system includes a spore container to store spores, a nutrient container, an arrangement of valves and tubes, a reciprocating pump, a mixing tube, and a holding tank. In a drawing phase of the system, a controller can control the reciprocating pump to draw a ratioed volume of the spores, the nutrients, and water through the valves and tubes. During an expelling phase of the system, the controller can control flow control valves to direct the spores, nutrients, and water through the mixing tube and into the holding tank. The controller can also direct a heater to heat the mixture in the holding tank to a predetermined temperature. Once the mixture reaches the temperature, the controller can also direct the system through a number of other phases of operation, including cooling and purging phases.

[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] HEADER D PAPER

Carboxylated vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer dispersions and uses thereof
Patent No. 11773263

Inventor(s): Alistair John McLennan (Konigstein, , DE), Cristiana Licheri (Altopascio-Lucca, , IT), Ivan Rossi (Cardano al Compo, , IT), Paul Alexander Scott (Stoneleigh Epsom, , GB)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389796 on 07/30/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparation of heterogeneous mixtures of (carboxylated) vinyl ester/ethylene dispersions, such as vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) dispersions with polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE) wet strength resins having a reduced amount of halogenated organic compounds, such as less than 1500 ppm. The dispersion offers extremely low free and bound formaldehyde levels combined with wet tensile strength for use in non-woven textile and paper applications.

[D04H] MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING (non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B)

Actuating textiles containing polymer fiber muscles
Patent No. 11773516

Inventor(s): Marcio Dias Lima (Richardson, TX), Na Li (Dallas, TX), Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, TX), Shaoli Fang (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16087540 on 03/21/2017 (2387 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart (intelligent) textile that can control its porosity, shape, texture, loft, stiffness, or color by temperature change or moisture absorption by using polymer fiber torsional and tensile actuators. This temperature change can be due to a change in ambient temperature or by an external stimulus, such as electrothermal heating. Mechanisms to accomplish this include (a) direct actuation (contraction or expansion) of polymer fiber actuators in a textile structure (b) rotation of polymer fiber actuators helically wrapped around warp and/or weft yarns in a textile structure; (c) rotation of chenille type or ribbon-like warp (or weft) ends by polymer fiber torsional actuators; (d) contraction or expansion of piles or loops in a chenille type fancy yarn produced by using mandrel actuators as pile or loop part of the yarn; (e) buckling of warp (or weft) yarns by contraction of tensile polymer fiber actuators; (f) decrease in yarn diameter by a twisting effect of polymer fiber actuators; (g) contraction or expansion of segmented mandrel actuators with core filament, wire or yarns; or (h) rotation of differentially dyed polymer fiber actuators for color changing textiles.

[D02G] CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, YARNS, OR THREADS; YARNS OR THREADS

Object detection by indexed optical fiber fabrics
Patent No. 11773518

Inventor(s): Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul Schmalenberg (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: 16778838 on 01/31/2020 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first plurality of optical fibers embedded in a first plurality of fabric strands, a second plurality of optical fibers embedded in a second plurality of fabric strands, and a detector. The first plurality of optical fibers are positioned adjacent to each other and oriented along a first direction and the second plurality of optical fibers are positioned adjacent to each other and oriented along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second plurality of optical fibers are configured to receive ambient light emitted onto them. The detector detects the light received into at least some of the first and second plurality of optical fibers and creates data configured to be processed to identify an object adjacent to the apparatus. The data is based on the light received into the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers.

[D03D] WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS

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

Electrostatic motor control of a sub surface safety valve
Patent No. 11773686

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DELIZIO, PEACOCK, LEWIN GUERRA (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236288 on 04/21/2021 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sub-surface safety valve (SSSV) to be positioned in a wellbore. The SSSV is configurable to move between a closed position and an open position. While in the closed position, the SSSV prevents downhole fluid in the wellbore to flow to a surface of the wellbore. While in the open position, the SSSV allows the downhole fluid in the wellbore to flow to the surface of the wellbore. The apparatus further includes an electrostatic motor to be positioned in the wellbore and to be coupled to the SSSV. The electrostatic motor is to be selectively powered to move the SSSV between the closed position and the open position.

[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]

Pulse based perf and wash system and method
Patent No. 11773692

Inventor(s): Chris Chalker (Aberdeen, , GB)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17285110 on 10/02/2019 (1462 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perf and wash system for plugging a casing and wellbore, the perf and wash system including a cleaning tool having at least one nozzle making a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the system; a perforating gun assembly having at least one shaped charge making a second angle with the longitudinal axis; and a plug connected with a first end to the cleaning tool and with a second end, opposite to the first end, to the perforating gun assembly. The first angle is substantially equal to the second angle and the first and second angles are different than 90 degrees.

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

Artificial muscle assemblies comprising a reinforced housing
Patent No. 11773878

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, 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: 17747416 on 05/18/2022 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial muscle includes a housing including an electrode region, an expandable fluid region, a first film layer, and a second film layer. The first film layer and the second film layer each include an inner protective layer having a first elasticity, an outer protective layer having a second elasticity, and a reinforcing layer provided between the inner protective layer and the outer protective layer, the reinforcing layer having a third elasticity greater than the first elasticity of the inner protective layer and the second elasticity of the outer protective layer. The artificial muscle further includes an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing and between the first film layer and the second film layer, and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

Combustible fuel burning stove with pellet adapter
Patent No. 11774089

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899937 on 08/31/2022 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stove includes a combustion chamber, a fuel grate positioned within the combustion chamber, and a pellet adapter removably positionable on the fuel grate. The fuel grate includes a number of first ventilation holes. The pellet adapter includes a number of second ventilation holes sized and shaped to prevent passage of a fuel pellet. The pellet adapter also includes a raised outer rim and a central protuberance with a height greater than the height of the raised outer rim.

[F23B] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING ONLY SOLID FUEL (for combustion of fuels that are solid at room temperatures, but burned in melted form, e.g. candle wax, C11C 5/00, F23C, F23D; using solid fuel suspended in air F23C, F23D 1/00; using solid fuel suspended in liquids F23C, F23D 11/00; using solid fuel together with fluid fuel or with solid fuel suspended in air, simultaneously or alternately, F23C, F23D 17/00)

Predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning
Patent No. 11774129

Inventor(s): Janathkumar Manohararaj (McKinney, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX), Sridhar Venkatesh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17655936 on 03/22/2022 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control device configured to receive a user input for controlling an HVAC system, to determine whether the user input indicates an energy saving occupancy setting, and to identify a first plurality of time entries that are associated with a confidence level for a predicted occupancy status that is less than a predetermined threshold value in the predicted occupancy schedule. The device is further configured to modify the predicted occupancy schedule by setting the first plurality of time entries to an away status when the user input indicates an aggressive energy saving occupancy setting. The device is further configured to modify the predicted occupancy schedule by setting the second plurality of time entries to a present status when the user input indicates a conservative energy saving occupancy setting. The device is further configured to output the modified predicted occupancy schedule.

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

P H Y S I C S

Cellulose acetate tow with low DPF and low titanium dioxide content
Patent No. 11774419

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Bundren (Blacksburg, VA), Dirk Amtower (Pembroke, VA), Karen Zazzara (Blacksburg, VA), Michael Combs (Pembroke, VA), Susan Blankenship (Irving, WV)
Assignee(s): ACETATE INTERNATIONAL LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855627 on 04/22/2020 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are cellulose acetate tow bands having less than 0.1 wt. % titanium dioxide, wherein the content of titanium dioxide is measured by ashing and/or by titanium particle count density. Also provided herein is a method of measuring the titanium dioxide content of cellulose acetate tow by ashing. Also provided herein is a method for measuring the color of cellulose acetate tow.

[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)

Electrical and logic isolation for systems on a chip
Patent No. 11774487

Inventor(s): Jose Luis Flores (Richardson, TX), Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX), Samuel Paul Visalli (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17127109 on 12/18/2020 (1019 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an SoC includes at least two voltage domains interconnected with a communication bus. Detection logic in a first voltage domain determines when a voltage error occurs in a second voltage domain and isolates communication via the communication bus when a voltage error or a timing error is detected.

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

Shielded sensor structure and method of making same
Patent No. 11774519

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Jo Bito (Dallas, TX), Yong Deng (Stanford, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17003693 on 08/26/2020 (1133 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a structure includes a substrate having a surface with multiple sides. A sensor is positioned within the substrate and a seed layer is over at least four sides of the surface of the substrate. A magnetic shield layer is over the seed layer for the at least four sides of the surface of the substrate.

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

Combined phase and time-of-flight measurement
Patent No. 11774577

Inventor(s): Espen Wium (Oslo, , NO), Tomas Motos (Hamar, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17844113 on 06/20/2022 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of measuring distance between two wireless devices by combining phase shift and time-of-flight measurements. A first wireless devices sends a first packet to the second wireless device. After receiving the first packet, the second wireless device sending to the first wireless device a second packet. After sending the second packet, the second wireless device sends a first continuous wave signal to the first wireless device. After receiving the first continuous wave signal, the first wireless device sends to the second wireless device a second continuous wave signal. The first wireless device then calculates a time-of-flight measurement based on a time between the first wireless device sending the first packet and receiving the second packet, and calculates a second measurement based on a phase shift of the first continuous wave signal and the second continuous wave signal, and combines the two measurements.

[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

Anti-soiling coating for an ophthalmic lens
Patent No. 11774639

Inventor(s): Prashant Santan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16823717 on 03/19/2020 (1293 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating system for an ophthalmic lens having increased effective thickness and water contact angle. In one embodiment, the hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating system comprises an anti-reflective coating applied to an ophthalmic lens, the anti-reflective coating comprising alternating layers of high and low index materials with an outer layer of silicon dioxide having exposed hydroxyl groups. A hydrophobic coating is applied to the anti-reflective coating, the hydrophobic coating comprising a silane with a hydrophobic group and fewer than three reactive groups capable of bonding to the exposed hydroxyl groups of the anti-reflective coating.

[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]

Dual-sided transparent display panel
Patent No. 11774787

Inventor(s): Sean P. Rodrigues (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: 17939184 on 09/07/2022 (391 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a dual-sided transparent display panel are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a first panel subassembly and a second panel subassembly, each of the first and second panel subassemblies including a plurality of adjacent layers, the plurality of adjacent layers including, from an innermost layer to an outermost layer, a first electrode layer, a first polyimide layer, a liquid-crystal matrix, a second polyimide layer, a second electrode layer, and a glass layer; a waveguide disposed between an inner surface of the first electrode layer of the first panel subassembly and an inner surface of the first electrode layer of the second panel subassembly; and one or more light sources disposed along an edge of the waveguide that is perpendicular to the inner surface of the first electrode layer of the first panel subassembly and the inner surface of the first electrode layer of the second panel subassembly.

[G02F] DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS [4]

Static power reduction in caches using deterministic Naps
Patent No. 11775046

Inventor(s): Mehrdad Nourani (Plano, TX), Oluleye Olorode (Pflugerville, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17541776 on 12/03/2021 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a dNap architecture that accurately transitions cache lines to full power state before an access to them. This ensures that there are no additional delays due to waking up drowsy lines. Only cache lines that are determined by the DMC to be accessed in the immediate future are fully powered while others are put in drowsy mode. As a result, we are able to significantly reduce leakage power with no cache performance degradation and minimal hardware overhead, especially at higher associativities. Up to 92% static/Leakage power savings are accomplished with minimal hardware overhead and no performance tradeoff.

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

Combined capacitive and piezoelectric sensing in a human machine interface
Patent No. 11775120

Inventor(s): Dennis Patrick Lehman (Garland, TX), Jan Morten Braathen (Redmond, WA), Maxwell G Robertson (Dallas, TX), Merril Newman (Schaumburg, IL), Miroslav Oljaca (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17506139 on 10/20/2021 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A human machine interface (HMI) system and method of operating. The system includes capacitive measurement circuitry coupled to one or more capacitive touch elements, and piezoelectric measurement circuit including interface circuitry coupled to one or more piezoelectric touch elements. The capacitive measurement circuitry includes a gain stage configured to amplify a signal corresponding to a capacitance at the one or more capacitor input terminals by a gain level for communication to processing circuitry. Gain control circuitry is configured to increase the gain level of the gain stage of the capacitive measurement circuitry responsive to the piezoelectric measurement circuitry receiving a user input from at least one of the piezoelectric touch elements. Implementations that further include piezoelectric drive circuitry for haptic output and clearing debris from the keypad are also disclosed.

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

Histogram operation
Patent No. 11775302

Inventor(s): Alan Davis (Sugar Land, TX), Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509218 on 10/25/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions each specifying a data processing operation and at least one data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for sequentially recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the data processing operation and the at least one data operand, and at least one operational unit coupled to a data register file and to an instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon at least one operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The operational unit is configured to increment histogram values in response to a histogram instruction by incrementing a bin entry at a specified location in a specified number of at least one histogram.

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

Extended tags for speculative and normal executions
Patent No. 11775308

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: 17742340 on 05/11/2022 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cache system having cache sets, registers associated with the cache sets respectively, and a logic circuit coupled to a processor to control the cache sets according to the registers. When a connection to an address bus of the system receives a memory address from the processor, the logic circuit can be configured to: generate an extended tag from at least the memory address; and determine whether the generated extended tag matches with a first extended tag for a first cache set or a second extended tag for a second cache set of the system. Also, the logic circuit can also be configured to implement a command received from the processor via the first cache set in response to the generated extended tag matching with the first extended tag and via the second cache set in response to the generated extended tag matching with the second extended tag.

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

Overflow detection and correction in state machine engines
Patent No. 11775320

Inventor(s): Brian Lewis Brown (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17328701 on 05/24/2021 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: State machine engines are disclosed, including those having an inter-rank bus control system, which may include a register. The state machine engine may include a plurality of configurable elements, such that each of the plurality of configurable elements comprises a plurality of memory cells. These cells may analyze data and output a result of the analysis. The IR bus control system may halt a write operation of data to be analyzed by the cells based, at least in part, on one or more conditions.

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

Methods, systems, and media for accessing data from a settlement file
Patent No. 11775420

Inventor(s): Andrew Troy Hartwell (Prosper, 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: 17183579 on 02/24/2021 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, media, and methods of accessing data from a test settlement file. An application programming interface (API) configured to permit alteration of one or more fields of test data in a test data file is exposed by a settlement generator. One or more fields of test data exposed by the API are altered. A test data file in a configurable format is generated based on the one or more fields of test data and alteration. The test data file is transmitted from the settlement generator to an orchestrator. A binary file, converted from the test data file, is transmitted from the settlement generator to a third-party processor. One or more pieces of data from a test settlement file are retrieved by the settlement generator, where the test settlement file includes processing results of the binary file received from the third-party processor.

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

Methods and apparatus to facilitate atomic compare and swap in cache for a coherent level 1 data cache system
Patent No. 11775446

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17472811 on 09/13/2021 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate atomic compare and swap in cache for a coherent level 1 data cache system are disclosed. An example system includes a cache storage; a cache controller coupled to the cache storage wherein the cache controller is operable to: receive a memory operation that specifies a key, a memory address, and a first set of data; retrieve a second set of data corresponding to the memory address; compare the second set of data to the key; based on the second set of data corresponding to the key, cause the first set of data to be stored at the memory address; and based on the second set of data not corresponding to the key, complete the memory operation without causing the first set of data to be stored at the memory address.

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

Stable file system
Patent No. 11775477

Inventor(s): William Charles Easttom, II (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Philips North America LLC (Cambridge, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16848615 on 04/14/2020 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention include a memory and a processor. The memory includes a plurality of files, a master cluster record, and an operating system. The processor is configured to execute the operating system in order to locate and load each cluster of a file. Each file includes a plurality of clusters and each cluster includes a first pointer and a second pointer. The first pointer is linked to a previous cluster of a file and second pointer is linked to a subsequent cluster of the file using a double linked list data structure.

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

Consolidating multiple databases into a single or a smaller number of databases
Patent No. 11775489

Inventor(s): Dennis J. Mire (Dallas, TX), Kishore Doppalapudi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694965 on 03/15/2022 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for consolidating multiple databases into a single or a smaller number of databases is described. An improved structure of target database may be achieved by removing constraints used when creating legacy databases. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by combining multiple source tables into a single target table with errors being identified and addressed during the creation of the instructions to generate the target table. In implementation, this may be effected by converting values from a source table and values from a target table into normalized versions of those values and then comparing the normalized values. A benefit includes verifying that the data from the source table is being properly reflected in the target table.

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

Vehicle inventory search recommendation using image analysis driven by machine learning
Patent No. 11775597

Inventor(s): Chi-san Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (Anna, TX), Sunil Vasisht (Frisco, TX), Yue Duan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305399 on 07/07/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives user interface interaction data that identifies an interaction that a user has with an interface that displays an image of a vehicle. The device generates, by using a data model to process at least a portion of the image, an array of vectors that includes one or more vectors relating to vehicle characteristics of the vehicle. The device assigns one or more weights to the one or more vectors based on the user interface action data. The device determines, based on a similarity analysis, similarity scores that indicate similarities between the array of vectors that include the one or more vectors that have been weighted and other arrays relating to the vehicles depicted in the images. The device selects a subset of the images based on the similarity scores and causes the subset of the images to be displayed.

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

System and method for matching users based on selections made by third parties
Patent No. 11775600

Inventor(s): John Masten Mitchell (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Basil Hoskins (Plano, TX), Rahim Sherali Makani (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MATCH GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688221 on 03/07/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first series of profiles to a first user that includes recommended profiles for a second user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the first user of a profile corresponding to a third user. The processor uses the interface to transmit a second series of profiles to the third user that includes recommended profiles for the third user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the third user of a profile corresponding to the second user. In response to receiving the selection from the first user of the profile corresponding to the third user and the selection from the third user of the profile corresponding to the second user, the processor enables communication between the second and third users.

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

Shoe design through 2.5-dimensional shoe models
Patent No. 11775697

Inventor(s): Edward Bernardon (Bedford, MA), Kelvin Juarbe (Roslindale, MA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16482433 on 09/04/2018 (1855 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, logic, and devices may support shoe design through 2.5-dimensional (2.5D) shoe models. In some examples, a system may include a 2D shoe shell pattern engine configured to access a 2D shoe shell pattern, the 2D shoe shell pattern generated for shoe design. The system may also include a 2.5D shoe model engine configured to generate a 2.5D shoe model by placing shoe design elements provided by a user onto the 2D shoe shell pattern of the shoe, including by adding 2.5D layering data for each shoe design element placed on the 2D shoe shell pattern to form the 2.5D shoe model, and wrap the 2.5D shoe model into a 3D shoe model for construction of a physical shoe from the 3D shoe model.

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

Methods and apparatus to simulate metastability for circuit design verification
Patent No. 11775718

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Surendran (Bangalore, , IN), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18072842 on 12/01/2022 (306 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to simulate metastability for circuit design verification. An example apparatus includes an input handler to receive circuit design data indicative of a circuit design, a circuit modeler to generate a simulation model based on the circuit design data, a simulator to simulate operation of the circuit design based on the simulation model, a metastability injector to insert metastability logic into the simulation model during the simulation, and a metastability controller to control the metastability logic during the simulation.

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

Method for converting parser determined sentence parts to computer understanding state machine states that understand the sentence in connection with a computer understanding state machine
Patent No. 11775753

Inventor(s): Robert Stanley Grondalski (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Plager Schack LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378548 on 07/16/2021 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for processing natural language sentences and a computer understanding state machine with computer understanding state machine states are disclosed. The computer understanding state machine receives as inputs the parsed sentence including abstractions of the parsed sentence including weights of the abstractions. These inputs are used to find the best fitting state to process the input sentence. Subsequent sentences also are parsed and these are input to the state machine to allow processing of sequences of sentences.

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

Secure intelligent networked architecture including an asymmetric parallel processing appliance
Patent No. 11775825

Inventor(s): Howard M. Getson (Coppell, TX), Robert Jump (Cincinnati, OH), Sean Vallie (Lantana, TX), Wincenty Borodziewicz (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capitalogix IP Owner, LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17493639 on 10/04/2021 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods including the generation of a superior strategy for deployment to real time actual conditions with dynamic feedback to the secure intelligent networked architecture in order for adjustments to be made to the strategy being deployed to the real time actual conditions and the learned generation of subsequent strategies.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

System and method for determining variations in estimated vehicle range
Patent No. 11775846

Inventor(s): Shannon Alicia Wrobel (Ann Arbor, MI), Tapan Patel (South Lyon, 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: 17177367 on 02/17/2021 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternative range estimating system for a vehicle includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores a removable object selection module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to control operation of a vehicle input/output system to display a selectable representation of each of one or more removable objects carried by the vehicle. The module may acquire a user selection of at least one removable object from the removable objects displayed. The module may acquire an estimated alternative vehicle range determined using an estimated weight of the at least one removable object. The module may then control operation of the input/output system to display the estimated alternative vehicle range.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Network optimization
Patent No. 11775852

Inventor(s): Ashesh Parikh (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Mannava Kang, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16555375 on 08/29/2019 (1496 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may receive a cluster prediction requirement. The system may determine a first node conglomerate by sorting a first dataset into a first plurality of nodes. The system may determine a plurality of attributes by sorting a second dataset associated with the cluster prediction requirement. The system may determine a second node conglomerate for each of the plurality of attributes. A node confidence score may be assigned to each of the second plurality of nodes. The system may determine a node graph based on a comparison between the first node conglomerate and the second node conglomerate. The node graph may be iteratively modified based on a node optimization threshold value to generate a harmonized node graph. The node optimization threshold value may be based on a map confidence score allotted to the node graph.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Asset location system and method of use
Patent No. 11775928

Inventor(s): Michael S Hanna (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Molocar, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236411 on 04/21/2021 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved asset location system deploys gateways to communicate with transmitters that are attached to an asset. The gateways create a web of interlocking area where the gateways communicate with the same transmitters. These measurements are combined to increase the accuracy of location data provided to track or locate assets within an operations area.

System and method for prompting vehicle service based on proximity and wait time
Patent No. 11775941

Inventor(s): Melvin W. Sullivan (McKinney, TX), Michael Lang Johnson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16510116 on 07/12/2019 (1544 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for prompting vehicle service includes: a processor; a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor and including one or more processor-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: determine a vehicle location; determine one or more maintenance tasks required by the vehicle; identify a maintenance facility capable of performing the one or more maintenance tasks; determine a location of the maintenance facility capable of performing the one or more maintenance tasks; determine a wait time to perform the one or more maintenance tasks at the maintenance facility; and output a maintenance scheduling prompt based on: a comparison between the wait time and a wait time threshold, and a second comparison between: (i) a magnitude of a distance between the vehicle and the maintenance facility; and (ii) a distance threshold.

[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]

Biometric authentication on push notification
Patent No. 11775971

Inventor(s): Ryan Fillinger (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17230638 on 04/14/2021 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting push notification data to a computing device, the push notification data being processable by the computing device to display a push notification, receiving biometric data, the biometric data being provided from user input responsive to the push notification, determining that a user providing the user input is authenticated at least partially based on the biometric data, and inducing execution of a transaction in response to determining that the user is authenticated.

Driver classification systems and methods for obtaining an insurance rate for a vehicle
Patent No. 11776064

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17410536 on 08/24/2021 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Driver classification systems and methods are disclosed herein. The driver classification method includes collecting first vehicle driving data from a first vehicle, processing the first vehicle driving data using a driver classification learning model including a machine learning algorithm at one of an edge server and the first vehicle to assign a driver classification to the first vehicle, updating the driver classification learning model based on additional driver classification learning models received from a plurality of additional vehicles, sending the driver classification to an insurance provider, receiving an insurance rate for the first vehicle from the insurance provider based on the driver classification of the first vehicle, and providing the insurance rate to the first vehicle.

System and methods for distributed GPU using Multi-access Edge Compute services
Patent No. 11776086

Inventor(s): Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17479266 on 09/20/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods provide a provisioning framework for a distributed graphics processing unit (GPU) service. A network device in a network receives, from an application, a service request for multi-access edge compute (MEC)-based virtual graphic processing unit (vGPU) services. The network device receives real-time utilization data from multiple MEC clusters in different MEC network locations and generates a utilization view of the multiple MEC clusters in the different MEC network locations. The network device selects, based on the real-time utilization view, one of the different MEC network locations to provide the vGPU services and instructs a of the multiple MEC clusters in the one of the different MEC network locations to perform container provisioning and service provisioning for the vGPU services.

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

Systems and methods for reconstructing objects using transitional images
Patent No. 11776145

Inventor(s): Rachel Kohler (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813767 on 07/20/2022 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an object reconstruction module, a first image and a second image. The first image includes a first region of an object and the second image comprises a second region of the object. The method also includes identifying, by the object reconstruction module, a transitional image. The transitional image includes the first region of the object and the second region of the object. The method further includes determining, by the object reconstruction module, that the first region of the object in the transitional image and the first region of the object in the first image are equivalent regions and generating, by the object reconstruction module, a reconstruction of the object using the first image and the transitional image. The reconstruction of the object includes the first region of the object and the second region of the object and excludes equivalent regions.

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

Method and system for identifying biometric characteristics using machine learning techniques
Patent No. 11776246

Inventor(s): Marigona Bokshi-Drotar (McKinney, 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: 17983273 on 11/08/2022 (329 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system may use machine learning analysis of audio data to automatically identify a user”s biometric characteristics. A user”s client computing device may capture audio of the user. Feature data may be extracted from the audio and applied to statistical models for determining several biometric characteristics. The determined biometric characteristic values may be used to identify individual health scores and the individual health scores may be combined to generate an overall health score and longevity metric. An indication of the user”s biometric characteristics which may include the overall health score and longevity metric may be displayed on the user”s client computing device. NULL

Systems and methods for enhancing real-time image recognition
Patent No. 11776257

Inventor(s): Aamer Charania (Flower Mound, TX), Chi-san Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Sunil Vasisht (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT DUNNER, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17691375 on 03/10/2022 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and user devices for enhancing vehicle identification with preprocessing. The systems or user devices may comprise at least one memory device, an augmentation tool, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute instructions to receive an image depicting a vehicle, analyze the image, and determine a first predicted identity of the vehicle and a first confidence value distribution. The at least one processor may further select a processing technique for modifying the image and analyze the modified image to determine a second predicted identity of the vehicle and a second confidence value distribution. The system may further compare the second confidence value distribution to a predetermined threshold or to the first confidence value distribution to select the first or second predicted identity for transmission to a user. NULL

Systems and methods for 3D spatial tracking
Patent No. 11776275

Inventor(s): Nik Willwerth (Princeton, TX), Paul Aarseth (Murphy, TX), Ross Bates (Dallas, TX), Ruben Luna (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): WORLDS ENTERPRISES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045373 on 10/10/2022 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes accessing a live track list stored in memory. Each track of the live track list includes a coordinate of an object of interest captured by a physical sensor located within a physical environment and a unique ID. The method further includes comparing a new track to the live track list in order to determine if the new track matches any existing tracks. The method further includes merging the new track with the particular existing track when the new track matches a particular track in the live track list. The method further includes adding the new track to the live track list when the new track does not match any existing tracks. The method further includes displaying a virtual 3D environment that corresponds to the physical environment. The method further includes projecting virtual objects into the virtual 3D environment using the live track list. NULL

Document classification using signal processing
Patent No. 11776290

Inventor(s): Deepankar Mohapatra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): INTUIT, INC. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809071 on 06/27/2022 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for document classification through signal processing. Embodiments include receiving a document for classification. Embodiments include generating an image of the document. Embodiments include producing a signal representation of the document based on numbers of non-white pixels in each horizontal scan line or vertical scan line of the image of the document. Embodiments include comparing the signal representation of the document to signal representations of previously-classified documents. Embodiments include determining, based on the comparing, a classification for the document. Embodiments include performing additional processing with respect to the document based on the classification for the document. NULL

Flood monitoring unit and system
Patent No. 11776376

Inventor(s): Michael M. Reese (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Hubbard Law, PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17546038 on 12/08/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated flood monitoring unit comprises a sensor capable of at least detecting one or more floodwater levels or measuring water levels and assembly of a data acquisition module, and a wireless transmitter that is specially adapted to be mounted one top and at least partially inside of a hollow pole secured in a vertical orientation at a fixed geographical location to monitor water levels, with the sensor being located nearer the bottom of the pole.

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

Determination that a transport is running in an enclosed area
Patent No. 11776377

Inventor(s): Garry Davis (Plano, TX), Moez Padani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684836 on 03/02/2022 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining that an enclosed area at least partially encloses a transport; determining a variance between a first temperature within the enclosed area and a second temperature outside the enclosed area; and determining that a dangerous condition exists within the enclosed area, based on the variance.

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

Mobility unit security system
Patent No. 11776385

Inventor(s): Adrian Lombard (Saline, MI), John F. Daly (Frisco, TX), Kruti Vekaria (Arlington, VA), Paul Li (Daly City, CA), Satoshi Nagashima (Long Island City, NY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736526 on 05/04/2022 (517 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicating that a break-in attempt has occurred at one or more mobility units among a plurality of mobility units within a geographic area within a predetermined period of time, determining whether break-in attempts have occurred at more than a predetermined threshold number of the plurality of mobility units within the geographic area, and upon determination that break-in attempts have occurred at more than the predetermined threshold number of the plurality of mobility units within the geographic area, transmitting a signal to one or more mobility units of the plurality of mobility units within the geographic area to cause security lights associated with the one or more mobility units to illuminate.

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

Emergency notifications for transports
Patent No. 11776397

Inventor(s): Mackensie M. Monegan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17591679 on 02/03/2022 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, a notification when at least one of an emergency transport and the transport approach one another, wherein the notification includes a movement for the transport, wherein the movement includes a path, a speed and a time for the transport to maneuver, and displaying the notification in the transport.

[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]

System and method for wireless control of signs
Patent No. 11776437

Inventor(s): Rick Swanson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LUMINATOR HOLDING LP (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fredrikson Byron, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380817 on 07/20/2021 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a master controller disposed on a transit vehicle, a peripheral device disposed on the transit vehicle, a first wireless subsystem communicably coupled to the master controller, and a second wireless subsystem communicably coupled to the peripheral device. The master controller is operable to send a signal to the peripheral device via the first wireless subsystem, the signal comprising a command related to operation of the peripheral device. The peripheral device is operable to receive the signal via the second wireless subsystem and execute the command. The system utilizes a wireless protocol that specifies a unique identification for the system. The master controller and the peripheral device are each configured via the wireless protocol. The configuration includes storage of the unique identification and operability to restrict wireless communication to wireless communication with other devices so configured.

[G09F] DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

Sound absorbing structure having one or more acoustic scatterers attached to or forming a vehicle structure
Patent No. 11776521

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Kai Aizawa (Toyota, , JP), Steven R. Sorenson (Ypsilanti, 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: 17172322 on 02/10/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sound absorbing structure includes a vehicle structure having a surface and at least one acoustic scatterer coupled to the surface. The at least one acoustic scatterer has a resonant frequency. The at least one acoustic scatterer has an opening and at least one channel. The at least one channel has a channel open end and a channel terminal end, the channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening. The sound absorbing structure may be configured to absorb sound waves at a certain frequency generated by a noise source. The certain frequency may be substantially similar to the resonant frequency of the at least one acoustic scatterer.

[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]

Sound isolating wall assembly having at least one acoustic scatterer
Patent No. 11776522

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Katsuhiko Nakajima (Nisshin, , JP), Xiaoshi Su (Ann Arbor, MI), Yuji Shintaku (Toyota, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172582 on 02/10/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sound isolating wall assembly includes a plurality of walls defining a space between the plurality of walls. At least one acoustic scatterer is disposed within the space between the plurality of walls. The at least one acoustic scatterer has an opening and at least one channel. The at least one channel has a channel open end and a channel terminal end, with the channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening.

Systems and methods for machine learning based active metasurfaces for flexural and/or longitudinal wave control and harmonics generation
Patent No. 11776525

Inventor(s): Danil V. Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (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: 17941151 on 09/09/2022 (389 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wave control system includes a substrate with a plurality of beams spaced apart from each other, a plurality of sensors disposed on the plurality of beams, a plurality of actuators disposed on the plurality of beams, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a frequency of a fundamental incident wave propagating within and/or incident on the plurality of beams based on a plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors, and control the plurality of actuators to generate at least one of a cancellation wave, a subharmonic wave, and a superharmonic wave, based on the frequency of the fundamental incident wave. In addition, a reflected fundamental wave, the sub harmonic wave, and/or the superharmonic wave can be steered to a desired direction or path along the substrate.

Communicating announcements
Patent No. 11776541

Inventor(s): Mahesh Rajagopalan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: PIERCE ATWOOD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16878802 on 05/20/2020 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing communication across devices are described. A system receives an input command corresponding to an announcement and sends data representing the announcement to devices of the system. The system receives responses from the devices and causes the device that originated the announcement to output content corresponding to the responses.

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

Vertical compression scheme for compressed soft bit data in non-volatile memories with data latch groups
Patent No. 11776589

Inventor(s): Hua-Ling Cynthia Hsu (Fremont, CA), YenLung Li (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731961 on 04/28/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: For a non-volatile memory that uses hard bit and soft bit data in error correction operations, to reduce the amount of soft bit data that needs to be transferred from a memory to the controller and improve memory system performance, the soft bit data can be compressed before transfer. After the soft bit data is read and stored into the internal data latches associated with the sense amplifiers, it is compressed within these internal data latches. The compressed soft bit data can then be transferred to the transfer data latches of a cache buffer, where the compressed soft bit data can be consolidated and transferred out over an input-output interface. Within the input-output interface, the compressed data can be reshuffled to put into logical user data order if needed.

[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)

Memory with per die temperature-compensated refresh control
Patent No. 11776612

Inventor(s): Joo-Sang Lee (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17545966 on 12/08/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices, systems, and associated methods with per die temperature-compensated refresh control, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of memory cells and a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the memory device. The memory device determines a frequency at which it is receiving refresh commands. The memory device is further configured to skip refresh operations of the memory cells based, at least in part, on the determination and on the temperature of the memory device.

Systems and methods for adjusting threshold voltage distribution due to semi-circle SGD
Patent No. 11776628

Inventor(s): Kazuki Isozumi (Kuwana, , JP), Parth Amin (Fremont, 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: 17350770 on 06/17/2021 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: The following disclosure is directed to mitigating issues related to semi-circle drain side select gate (SC-SGD) memory holes in memory structures. When a memory hole is cut, the channel and the charge trap layer of the memory hole cut. Further, the outer dielectric layer (used to shield the channel and the charge trap layer) is cut and partially removed. When the selected SC-SGD is selected for an operation (e.g., programming), the channel and the charge trap layer are exposed to neighboring electrical field from bias voltage applied to an unselected SC-SGD. To prevent or mitigate the effects of this electrical field, a negative bias voltage is applied to the unselected SC-SGD. Additionally, this disclosure is directed to self-compensating techniques for SC-SGD. For example, the memory structure can utilize the neighboring electric field during verify, program, and read operations, whether the neighboring electric field is relatively strong or weak.

Data conversion with data path circuits for use in double sense amp architecture with fractional bit assignment in non-volatile memory structures
Patent No. 11776640

Inventor(s): Kei Kitamura (Kanagawa, , JP), Kyosuke Matsumoto (Kanagawa, , JP), Masahiro Kano (Kanagawa, , JP), Minoru Yamashita (Kanagawa, , JP), Ryuji Yamashita (Tokyo, , JP), Shuzo Otsuka (Kanagawa, , JP), Yuki Fujita (Kanagawa, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17511749 on 10/27/2021 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for programming a non-volatile memory structure, comprises initiating a two-dimensional fractional number of bits-per-cell programming scheme of a plurality of memory cells, wherein the memory structure comprises: (1) a first memory array comprising a first population of memory cells and the associated peripheral circuitry disposed below the first population of cells, (2) a second memory array positioned above the first memory array and comprising a second population of memory cells and associated peripheral circuitry disposed above the second population of cells, and (3) a data bus tap electrically coupling the first and second memory arrays. Further, the method comprises: (1) storing input data in data latches associated with the first array and with the second array. Additionally, the method comprises converting the stored data using data conversion logic implemented by a data path circuit of the first and second arrays and rewriting the converted data to the latches.

Systems and methods for distributing programming speed among blocks with different program-erase cycle counts
Patent No. 11776643

Inventor(s): 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: 17337758 on 06/03/2021 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-volatile memory systems and method for managing P/E cycling is disclosed. Memory systems include multi-plane (e.g., 2-plane or 4-plane) programming operations in which new blocks within a plane replace faulty/bad blocks. Existing blocks, having undergone several P/E cycles more than the new block(s), require a lower programming voltage and are programmed using an adaptive (reduced) programming voltage. New block(s) require an additional voltage, and a delta voltage is added to the programming voltage to increase the gate-to-channel voltage. To prevent the delta voltage from over-programming the existing blocks, a voltage equal to the delta voltage is applied bit lines of the existing blocks, thereby reducing the effective gate-to-channel voltage on the existing blocks. In this manner, the same programming voltage is applied to planes in a multi-plane programming operation, and the existing blocks receive a relatively lower gate-to-channel voltage, while the new block(s) receive a relatively higher gate-to-channel voltage.

System and method for parallel memory test
Patent No. 11776656

Inventor(s): Nikita Naresh (Bangalore, , IN), Nitesh Mishra (Kanpur, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538982 on 11/30/2021 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller adapted to be coupled to memory components in parallel and configured to provide memory address signals and a controller clock signal to the memory components, a memory enable logic circuit coupled to the controller and adapted to be coupled to the memory components in parallel and configured to provide test-enable signals to the memory components. The test-enable signals enable, with the controller clock signal, the memory components to read locally stored memory values. The apparatus includes a multiplexer adapted to be coupled to the memory components in parallel and configured to receive from the memory components memory signals that include the memory values in respective sequences of the memory clock signals, and a pipeline coupled to the multiplexer and the controller and configured to receive the memory values from the multiplexer and send the memory values to a multiple input signature register of the controller.

High temperature and high beam current compatible targets and methods thereof for generating noble gas/radiohalogen generators for medical isotopes
Patent No. 11776705

Inventor(s): Harini Madakashira (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): INNOSENSE LLC (Torrance, CA)
Law Firm: M.J. Ram and Associates (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151147 on 01/16/2021 (990 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of providing alpha particle emitters and materials suitable for use in generating the alpha particles for medical treatment is disclosed. Metal oxide targets, preferentially Bi[subscript]2[/subscript]O[subscript]3 [/subscript]pellets and Bi[subscript]2[/subscript]O[subscript]3 [/subscript]coatings on metallic or metal oxide substrates are formed. The targets placed in a heated vacuum chamber subjecting to irradiation using a [superscript]6[/superscript]Li beam at an elevated temperature below the melting point of the target generate a radioactive gas, such as [superscript]211[/superscript]Rn, the radioactive gas is carried by an inert gas which is delivered a carrier for, such as a carbon column or oil for delivery to a treatment facility. The radioactive gas such as [superscript]211[/superscript]Rn generates [superscript]211[/superscript]At, which has a useable half-life of at least about 14 hours, in turn releases alpha particles which are effective for use in medical procedures.

[G21G] CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [2]

Machine-learning (ML)-based systems and methods for maximizing resource utilization
Patent No. 11777870

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX), William August Stahlhut (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860149 on 07/08/2022 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for maximizing resource utilization in a digital communication system are provided. A method may include receiving a direction for a first one of a plurality of edge devices to execute a task, wherein the edge devices communicate with each other and with a central server via a communication network. The central server may be operated by an entity that is independent of the communication network. The plurality of edge devices may each include an authenticated software application that is provided by the entity. The method may also include calculating, via the ML engine for each of the plurality of edge devices, a predicted resource availability score, and distributing, via the central server, the task among the plurality of edge devices based on the predicted resource availability scores.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Systems and methods for spread spectrum distributed acoustic sensor monitoring
Patent No. RE049680 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Neal G. Skinner (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): ADELOS, LLC (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16542187 on 08/15/2019 (1510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and device for monitoring oil field operations with a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensor (DAS) that uses a continuous wave laser light source and modulates the continuous wave output of the laser light source with pseudo-random binary sequence codes. Patent Class: N/A

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Low power wideband multitone generator
Patent No. 11774478

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407694 on 08/20/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products that facilitate low power, wideband multitone generation. In one example, a multitone generator device can comprise a controller operatively coupled to first and second digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The controller can apply different delays of a sampling signal to the first and second DACs to facilitate sideband suppression of signals output by the first and second DACs. One aspect of such a multitone generator device is that the multitone generator device can facilitate low power, wideband multitone generation.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Stepper motor
Patent No. 11774936

Inventor(s): Rakesh Raja (Allen, TX), Sooping Saw (McKinney, TX), Sudhir Nagaraj (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17030683 on 09/24/2020 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for electrically producing a stalled state in a stepper motor having a first coil and a second coil is provided. The method includes driving a first sinusoidal current through the first coil, and driving a second sinusoidal current through the second coil, wherein the first and second sinusoidal currents are in phase.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Systems including a vapor chamber as the heat spreading substrate of a power device embedded in a PCB and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11776875

Inventor(s): Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Shohei Nagai (Aichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17166241 on 02/03/2021 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embedded cooling systems and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A system may include a PCB stack comprising a first major substrate opposite a second major substrate, a pre-preg layer disposed between the first and second major substrates, a power device stack embedded within the PCB stack and comprising a substrate, a power device coupled to the substrate of the power device stack, and a vapor chamber embedded within at least the pre-preg layer of the PCB stack and the power device stack being coupled to the vapor chamber.

[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]

Semiconductor structure containing pre-polymerized protective layer and method of making thereof
Patent No. 11776922

Inventor(s): Hajime Arai (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918197 on 07/01/2020 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor dies, providing a polymerized material layer, attaching the polymerized material layer to the semiconductor wafer such that the polymerized material layer is polymerized prior to the step of attaching the polymerized material layer to the semiconductor wafer, applying and patterning an etch mask layer over the polymerized material layer, such that openings are formed through the etch mask layer, etching portions of the polymerized material layer that are proximal to the openings through the etch mask layer by applying an etchant into the openings through the etch mask layer in an etch process, and removing the etch mask layer selective to the polymerized material layer. Alternatively, a patterned polymerized material layer may be transferred from a transfer substrate to the semiconductor wafer.

Waste heat reclamation in a power generation system and method of operating a power generation system
Patent No. 11777113

Inventor(s): Zach Reeder (Cynthiana, KY)
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: 17502191 on 10/15/2021 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a power generator to generate power from an reaction involving a first fuel reactant and a second fuel reactant, a fuel reactant supply source to supply the first fuel reactant to the power generator via a fuel supply line having a fuel expansion region, a radiant fluid circuit for circulation of a radiant fluid configured to cool the power generator, and one or more thermoelectric generators in thermal contact with the fuel expansion region and the radiant fluid circuit downstream of the fuel cell to generate electric power via a Seebeck effect using at least a portion of the waste heat generated by the power generator.

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

3D magnesium battery and method of making the same
Patent No. 11777135

Inventor(s): Chen Ling (Ann Arbor, MI), Fuminori Mizuno (Miyoshi, , JP), Kensuke Takechi (Ann Arbor, MI), Nikhilendra Singh (Ypsilanti, MI), Oscar Tutusaus (Ann Arbor, MI), Rana Mohtadi (Northville, MI), Ruidong Yang (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: 15931840 on 05/14/2020 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: 3-D magnesium voltaic cells have a magnesium anode coated on multiple opposing surfaces with a continuous protective/electrolyte layer that is ionically conductive and electronically insulating. The resulting protected 3-D magnesium anode is coated on multiple opposing surfaces with a continuous cathode layer that is electronically and ionically conductive, and includes a magnesium storage medium. Suitable magnesium anodes, in particular, magnesium foam anodes, can be made by pulsed galvanostatic deposition of magnesium on a copper substrate. The protective layer can be formed by electropolymerization of a suitable methylacrylate ester. The continuous cathode layer can be a slurry cathode having powders of an electronic conductor and a reversible magnesium storage component suspended in a magnesium electrolyte solution.

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

Reconfigurable quadrature coupler
Patent No. 11777187

Inventor(s): Charles Forrest Campbell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055449 on 11/15/2022 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a reconfigurable quadrature coupler is disclosed. The method includes determining a first switchable impedance to provide a second port reflection coefficient by operating a coupled port transformer, which coupled port transformer is coupled to a second port having a coupled port transmission line connected to a first transistor; determining a second switchable impedance to provide a third port reflection coefficient by operating an isolation port transformer, which isolation port transformer is coupled to a third port having an isolation port transmission line connected to a second transistor; and determining a fourth switchable impedance to provide a fourth port reflection coefficient by operating a through port transformer, which through port transformer is coupled to a fourth port having a through port transmission line connected to a third transistor, and switching on or off selected ones of the first, second, and third transistors by operating a controller.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Antennas including multi-resonance cross-dipole radiating elements and related radiating elements
Patent No. 11777229

Inventor(s): Gangyi Deng (Allen, TX), Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16656858 on 10/18/2019 (1446 days app to issue)

Abstract: Radiating elements include a first dipole radiator that extends along a first axis, the first dipole radiator including a first pair of dipole arms that are configured to resonate at a first frequency and a second pair of dipole arms that are configured to resonate at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency. Each dipole arm in the first pair of dipole arms comprises a plurality of widened sections that are connected by intervening narrowed sections.

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

Mobile multi-frequency RF antenna array with elevated GPS devices, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11777232

Inventor(s): Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Wesley Dale Sarratt (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Microwave, LLC (Argyle, TX)
Law Firm: KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON BEAR, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17590383 on 02/01/2022 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile antenna array system has a first baseplate with a first groundplane. An elevated second baseplate defines an elevated second groundplane. A plurality of support antennas are positioned between the first baseplate and the elevated second baseplate. The plurality of support antennas comprise multiple antennas configured to work at different frequencies. The plurality of support antennas are coupled to the first and second baseplates in mechanical connections that provide enhanced stability, tight tolerances, repeatability and low cost through the use of printed circuit boards as substrates for one or more of the antennas and baseplates. An elevated GPS antenna is positioned above the elevated second baseplate in use. The elevated GPS antenna is configured to work within a GPS range of frequencies different from the support antenna ranges of frequencies. The elevated GPS antenna has improved GPS transmissions and the support antennas also have improved positioning and functionality.

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

Load center assembly
Patent No. 11777292

Inventor(s): Andy Colborn (Sacramento, CA), Douglas McCabe (Sacramento, CA), James Sweeney (Sacramento, CA), Jumie Yuventi (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Renu, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Haverstock Owens, A Law Corporation (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224632 on 04/07/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A load center assembly is provided. The load center assembly comprises a frame, an electrical panel assembly, and a plurality of electrical wire harnesses. The frame includes a first side and a second side. The first side and the second side are substantially parallel and connected by a plurality of cross members. The electrical panel assembly is connected to the first side and the second side. The electrical panel assembly includes a plurality of breakers. The plurality of electrical wires harnesses is connected to the frame. Each of the plurality of electrical wire harnesses includes a plurality of wires. A first end of each wire of the plurality of wires is routed into the electrical panel assembly and is terminated in a corresponding breaker. The load center assembly is configured to be disposed in a wall frame.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

System and method for an electric motor/generator with a multi-layer stator/rotor assembly
Patent No. 11777386

Inventor(s): Fred E. Hunstable (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Linear Labs, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Run8 Patent Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678770 on 02/23/2022 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a new and improved electric motor/generator including a toroidal magnetic cylinder centered on the longitudinal axis, and a coil assembly including a first coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder, and a second coil assembly support positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder.

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

Magnetic coupler with force balancing
Patent No. 11777392

Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664673 on 05/24/2022 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetic coupling system and a method of balancing a magnetic coupler are provided. The magnetic coupling system includes a follower magnet magnetically coupled to a drive magnet, and a magnetic balancing component located to a side of the follower magnet. Movement of the drive magnet induces corresponding movement of the follower magnet. The magnetic balancing component and the drive magnet exert attractive magnetic forces on the follower magnet in opposite directions.

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

Multiphase switched mode power supply clocking circuits and related methods
Patent No. 11777406

Inventor(s): Karen Huimun Chan (South San Francisco, CA), Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17572062 on 01/10/2022 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiphase switched mode power supply clock apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first clock recovery circuit to in response to obtaining a first clock pulse, transmit the first clock pulse to a power converter to cause the power converter to switch based on the first clock pulse, in response to obtaining a second clock pulse after the first clock pulse re-transmit the second clock pulse to a second clock recovery circuit, and increment a count value, and in response to the count value meeting a phase selection value, reset the count value.

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

Power transfer based stall detection techniques for stepper motor
Patent No. 11777425

Inventor(s): Anand Yadav (Bangalore, , IN), Laxman Sreekumar (Bangalore, , IN), Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676610 on 02/21/2022 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with at least one example of the description, a circuit is adapted to be coupled to a coil of a motor via an H-bridge circuit. The circuit includes a duty sensor, a subtractor, and a comparator. The duty sensor is coupled to the coil of the motor and is configured to provide raw run duty data responsive to a coil current through the coil. The subtractor is coupled to the duty sensor and is configured to provide a differential duty signal responsive to a stall duty signal and a run duty signal obtained using the raw run duty data. The comparator is coupled to the subtractor and is configured to provide a stall signal indicative of a stall condition for the motor responsive to the differential duty signal and a threshold value.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

High efficiency wideband feedback amplifier
Patent No. 11777461

Inventor(s): Stephen R. Nelson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ENGIN-IC, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690802 on 03/09/2022 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a series or source feedback is provided to a solid-state power amplifier to achieve improved amplifier output power, good impedance match, and low voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR). In an embodiment, an inductive element is coupled to the source of the power amplifier transistor to serve as a series or source feedback for the transistor. In an embodiment, a high-impedance microstrip is provided as an inductive element coupled to the source of the transistor. In an embodiment, a series or source feedback is provided to each amplifier in a multistage amplifier circuit. In an embodiment, a greater series or source feedback is provided at a later stage of a multistage amplifier circuit, whereas a smaller series or source feedback is provided at an earlier stage of the multistage amplifier circuit.

[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)

Multipath programmable gain instrumentation amplifier frontend
Patent No. 11777463

Inventor(s): Sudarshan Udayashankar (Marzling, , DE), Viola Schaffer (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349393 on 06/16/2021 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an instrumentation amplifier (INA) including a first transistor coupled to a first input node, and a second transistor coupled to a second input node. The INA also includes a resistor coupled between the first transistor and the second transistor. The INA includes a gain resistor network coupled to the resistor and to the first and second transistors, where the gain resistor network includes two or more gain resistors. The system also includes a voltage to current converter, where the voltage to current converter is coupled to the resistor and the gain resistor network.

[H03G] CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of transmission in lines H04B 3/04)

Low voltage signal path in a radio frequency signal generator
Patent No. 11777496

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17892324 on 08/22/2022 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device comprises a voltage-mode filter circuit, a current-mode output circuit, and a regulation circuit. The voltage-mode filter circuit is configured to generate a voltage signal on an output terminal thereof. The current-mode output circuit comprises an input transistor which comprises a gate terminal coupled to the output terminal of the voltage-mode filter circuit, and a source terminal coupled to a regulated node. The regulation circuit is configured to adjust a voltage level on the regulated node to maintain a constant gate-source bias voltage for the input transistor to generate a current for biasing the current-mode output circuit.

[H03D] DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, lasers H01S; circuits capable of acting both as modulator and demodulator H03C, e.g. balanced modulators H03C 1/54; details applicable to both modulators and frequency-changers H03C; demodulating pulses which have been modulated with a continuously-variable signal H03K 9/00; transforming types of pulse modulation H03K 11/00; relay systems, e.g. repeater stations H04B 7/14; demodulators adapted for digitally modulated-carrier systems H04L 27/00; synchronous demodulators adapted for colour television H04N 9/66)

NBTI protection for differential pairs
Patent No. 11777500

Inventor(s): Damien Valentin Thibault Telenczak (Freising, , DE), Mikhail Valeryevich Ivanov (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969778 on 10/20/2022 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a system includes a differential input device having a first input and a second input. The system includes a window generator configured to output, at a first output, a first voltage above a reference voltage and a second voltage, at a second output, below the reference voltage. The system includes a multiplexer coupled to the first output and the second output, the multiplexer configured to receive the first voltage, the second voltage, and an input voltage. The system includes a selector coupled to the multiplexer and configured to select the first voltage, the second voltage, or the input voltage based on a value of the input voltage, where the selector is configured to cause the multiplexer to provide the selected voltage to the first input of the differential input device, where a voltage source provides the reference voltage to the second input of the differential input device.

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

Phase-locked loop (PLL) with direct feedforward circuit
Patent No. 11777507

Inventor(s): Debapriya Sahu (Bengaluru, , IN), Rittu Sachdev (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17865808 on 07/15/2022 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) device includes: 1) a detector configured to output an error signal to indicate a phase offset between a feedback clock signal and a reference clock signal; 2) a charge pump coupled to the detector and configured to output a charge pump signal based on the error signal; 3) an integrator with a feedback path, an input node, a reference node, and an output node, wherein the input node is coupled to the charge pump and receives the charge pump signal; 4) a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) coupled to the output node of the integrator via a resistor; and 5) a feedforward circuit coupled directly to the detector and configured to apply an averaged version of the error signal to correct a voltage level received by the VCO.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

F[subscript]DAC[/subscript]/2 spur estimation and correction
Patent No. 11777513

Inventor(s): Aswath V S (Kannur, , IN), Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bengaluru, , IN), Karthikeyan Gunasekaran (Chennai, , IN), Nagarajan Viswanathan (Bengaluru, , IN), Rahul Sharma (Bengaluru, , IN), Rakesh Manjunath (Bengaluru, , IN), Sarma Sudare
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538746 on 11/30/2021 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spur correction system for a transmit chain having an interleaving multiplexer. In some embodiments, the spur correction system includes a spur sense chain, a correction controller, and a Q path corrector. The interleaving multiplexer combines signals from multiple bands in response to a clock signal. The spur sense chain estimates an error that is in phase with the clock signal (an I-phase error) and an error that is a derivative of the clock signal (a Q-phase error). The correction controller compensates for the estimated I-phase error by injecting an I-phase correction signal into the transmit chain. The Q path corrector compensates for the estimated Q-phase error by selectively connecting one or more capacitors within the interleaving multiplexer.

[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]

Vertical beamwidth adjustment to increase MU-MIMO pairing efficiency
Patent No. 11777562

Inventor(s): Vanil Parihar (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17518251 on 11/03/2021 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically modifying beamforming weights based on MU-MIMO user device pairings. A quantity of MU-MIMO user device pairings served by a node is determined. Based on a maximum quantity of potential MU-MIMO user device pairings for the node, it is determined that a quantity of the MU-MIMO user device pairings for the node is below a threshold. Because the quantity of the MU-MIMO user device pairings is below the threshold, beamforming weights are modified to widen a vertical main lobe to increase the quantity of MU-MIMO user device pairings.

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

Downlink multiple input multiple output enhancements for single-cell with remote radio heads
Patent No. 11777565

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX), Vikram Chandrasekhar (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17385875 on 07/26/2021 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station selects a subset of at least one geographically separated antennas for each of the plurality of user equipments. The base station forms at least layer of data stream including modulated symbols, precodes the data stream via multiplication with the NT-by-N precoding matrix where N is the number of said layers and NT is the number of transmit antenna elements and transmits the precoded layers of data stream to the user equipment via the selected geographically separated antennas. The base station signals the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas via higher layer Radio Resource Control or via a down link grant mechanism. The base station optionally does not signal the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas to the corresponding mobile user equipment.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

PMI-based data beam nulling with a CSI report
Patent No. 11777568

Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Hao Chen (Plano, TX), Shiyang Leng (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17806068 on 06/08/2022 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for precoding matrix indicator (PMI)-based data beam nulling with a channel state information (CSI) report. An apparatus includes a transceiver configured to communicate via a wired or wireless communication medium and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to identify restricted PMI beams in a nulling direction for supported ranks; receive, via the transceiver from a user equipment (UE), a CSI report including a rank, a PMI, and channel quality indicator (CQI) feedback; and determine whether the reported PMI is restricted. The processor is further configured to select an alternative PMI among a number of unrestricted PMIs for the reported rank; boost a reported CQI if a reduced transmit power is configured; and select a modulation coding scheme (MCS) and generate a precoder for a data beam based on at least one of: the CSI report, the alternative PMI, and the boosted CQI.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Adjusting repeater gain based on antenna feedback path loss
Patent No. 11777591

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17551101 on 12/14/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can include a first port and a second port. The repeater can include a transmitter communicatively coupled to the first port and a receiver communicatively coupled to the second port. The transmitter can transmit a path loss signal. The receiver can receive the path loss signal transmitted by the transmitter. The repeater can include a controller. The controller can identify a first power level of the signal transmitted from the transmitter. The controller can identify a second power level of the signal received at the receiver. The controller can determine an antenna feedback path loss of the repeater based on the first power level and the second power level. The controller can set a maximum gain level for the repeater based on the antenna feedback path loss to avoid an oscillation in the repeater.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Testing of radio equipment
Patent No. 11777617

Inventor(s): Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18021966 on 08/31/2020 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for generating test data for testing radio equipment. The method includes: determining, by a test apparatus, one or more beam identifiers; selecting, by the test apparatus, based on the one or more beam identifiers, one or more radio channel models; receiving, by the test apparatus, a baseband signal representing I/Q data of one or more beamforming antennas; processing, by the test apparatus, the baseband signal representing I/Q data according to the selected radio channel model; and transmitting, by the test apparatus, the processed baseband signal representing I/Q data to a radio equipment under test.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for identifying a source of radio frequency interference in a wireless network
Patent No. 11777623

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18153516 on 01/12/2023 (264 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) by determining that a key performance indicator (KPI) for the at least one PRB on the first wireless station has a value indicative of interference. The interference detection system identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. Determining the plurality of estimated interference source locations further comprises generating a boundary based on the geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations and selecting a plurality of estimated interference source locations within the boundary.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for joint and separate beam indication
Patent No. 11777686

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), 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: 17584239 on 01/25/2022 (616 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for joint and separate beam indication in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for a first set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for joint TCI states or downlink (DL) TCI states and for a second set of TCI states for uplink (UL) TCI states if configured to operate with separate beam indication; receiving M TCI state code points; and if M1, receiving downlink control information (DCI) that indicates at least one TCI state code point from the M TCI state code points. The method further includes determining a TCI state to apply to at least one of DL channels and UL channels; updating one or more spatial filters based on the determined TCI state; and at least one of receiving and transmitting the DL channels and the UL channels, respectively, based on the updated spatial filters.

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

Blockchain management platform for performing asset adjustment, cross sectional editing, and bonding
Patent No. 11777713

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362142 on 06/29/2021 (826 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing systems for performing cross-sectional asset editing. A computing platform may receive permission to perform a first subset of event processing steps. The computing platform may delegate permission to an external event processor to perform a second subset of event processing steps and to an external resource management platform to perform a third subset of event processing steps. The computing platform may generate an element chain corresponding to the account. In response to receiving a request to process an event, the computing platform may add a sub-element to the element chain containing a fixed parameter corresponding to an expected value associated with the event and a variable parameter corresponding to an actual value associated with the event. In response to receiving a request to write the actual value to the element chain, the computing platform may modify the variable parameter of the sub-element accordingly.

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

Data fragmentation and reconstruction
Patent No. 11777724

Inventor(s): Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107197 on 11/30/2020 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for data fragmentation and reconstruction are provided. Random number generation information, indicating a number of fragments into which data stored by a client device is to be fragmented, is received. The data is fragmented according to the number of fragments as a set of fragments. Authentication data is incorporated with the set of fragments. A set of entities capable of storing the set of fragments with the authentication data is identified. The set of fragments with the authentication data are stored across the set of entities.

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

Trusted client security factor-based authorizations at a server
Patent No. 11777737

Inventor(s): Scott Gaetjen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17227032 on 04/09/2021 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: Trusted client security factor-based authorizations at a server. The techniques allow the server to authorize client requested operations to access a protected resource or service based on trusted client security factors that are obtained at client machines and provided to the server.

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

Electronic communication methods and systems for collaborating and communicating in meeting environments
Patent No. 11777755

Inventor(s): Mona Abou-Sayed (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Mitel Networks Corporation (Ontario, , CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16989619 on 08/10/2020 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for determining and applying habits during a communication are disclosed. The habits can be used to automatically connect a user to a communication and/or to modify settings for a communication during the communication.

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

Change management system with monitoring, alerting, and trending for information technology environment
Patent No. 11777801

Inventor(s): Thomas Alexander Hoffman (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17944160 on 09/13/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.

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

Transparent packet splitting and recombining
Patent No. 11777864

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17865111 on 07/14/2022 (446 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmitting device generates multiple small packets for a large packet and transmits them to a receiving device. Routing devices forward the multiple small packets to the receiving device. Each of the smaller packets, except the last packet, has a sequence indicator set. As a result, the receiving device is able to determine that each of the smaller packets is part of a larger packet and buffer the smaller packets or their payloads. When the last packet is received, the larger packet is complete and may be processed by the receiving device. The routing devices delay requests from other transmitting devices to transmit data to the receiving device until the last packet is sent to the receiving device. The routing devices may continue to route traffic to the receiving device on all virtual channels other than a virtual channel being used for the large packet.

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

Address resolution information acquisition (ARIA) for a computing device
Patent No. 11777896

Inventor(s): Eran Harary (Rosh-Haayin, , IL), Yaniv Tzoreff (Jerusalem, , IL), Yoav Ben Yehezkel (Netanya, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573674 on 01/12/2022 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: Address resolution information acquisition (ARIA) for a computing device is described. In some examples, ARIA includes a computing device (e.g., an Internet of things (IoT) node, a gateway, a server) determining, without use of an address resolution protocol (ARP), address resolution information of one or more other computing devices (e.g., a IoT node, a gateway, a server). In one example, the computing device uses data flowing to or from its application layer, transport layer, or network layer to determine address resolution information of another computing device. The address resolution information can comprise one or more of a link layer address (e.g., a media access control (MAC) address) and an Internet layer address (e.g., an Internet protocol (IP) address). Usage of a cache for storing or deleting address resolution information can also be part of ARIA.

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

Application layer payload optimization
Patent No. 11778077

Inventor(s): Calvin Lee Moody (Fate, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Daly, Crowley, Mofford Durkee, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360195 on 06/28/2021 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising: obtaining an outbound message, the outbound message being an application-layer message; generating a plurality of first fingerprints based on the outbound message, each of the first fingerprints being generated based on a different portion of the outbound message; detecting, based on the plurality of first fingerprints, whether a first cached message is stored in a memory that matches the outbound message; when the first cached message is stored in the memory, including an identifier of the first cached message in the outbound message, replacing a first region of a payload of the outbound message with a first token, the first region of the payload of the outbound message including a sequence of bits that is also found the first cached message, and transmitting the outbound message to a remote device.

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

Utilizing sip messages to determine the status of a remote terminal in VOIP communication systems
Patent No. 11778091

Inventor(s): Stephen Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17113942 on 12/07/2020 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is a growing problem in correctional facility telecommunications systems in which parties on a voice call may connect inmate callers with restricted parties. Prison communication systems monitor calls to prevent such activity, but in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environments such systems may fail to detect this activity. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for using SIP messages common in VoIP environments to detect illicit activity initiated by a party on a voice call within a controlled environment. Scenarios are detected in which a called party connects an inmate caller to a restricted party via three-way call conferencing, call forwarding, or other call features. Corrective actions are then taken when such activity is detected, such as call blocking or alerting officials illicit activity is occurring.

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

Time tolerant prompt detection
Patent No. 11778094

Inventor(s): Sarah Lynn Hagan (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Intrado Corporation (Omaha, NE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542914 on 12/06/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: The location of voice prompts within a call waveform is usually conducted by match filtering a snippet of the prompt (approx. 800 ms) to the call waveform. In an enhanced process that can accommodate transmission errors when detecting voice prompts on lower quality transmission lines, a snippet of a voice prompt may be divided into sniplets, typically 100 ms long. The sniplets can be individually detected. If a sufficient number of sniplets are detected within allowed time tolerances, then this subset of detected sniplets can indicate the presence of the snippet, and thus the associated voice prompt.

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

Machine learning based call routing system
Patent No. 11778098

Inventor(s): Jesse Williams Plymale (Dallas, TX), Seth E. Ethington (McKinney, TX), Victor Kwak (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: 17960667 on 10/05/2022 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Machine learning technology can analyze in real-time the data from a call between a person and a customer service representative. Based on this analysis, a server can determine a sentiment score that describes a sentiment expressed by the person or the customer service representative. If the server determines that the sentiment score is less than or equal to a pre-determined value, the server can inform the customer service representative”s manager so that the manager can take further action to help the person and/or the customer service representative.

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

Intelligent scanner device
Patent No. 11778117

Inventor(s): Mousumi Chatterjee (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16739548 on 01/10/2020 (1362 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intelligent scanner device configured to facilitate improved accuracy for storage of scanned documentation. The scanner device may include an image processor, an identification engine, and a metadata engine. The scanner device may utilize artificial intelligence processes to generate metadata information to be stored with scanned documents.

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

Multi-channel display systems
Patent No. 11778135

Inventor(s): Aravind Lakshminarayanan (Plano, TX), Jobin Raj (Plano, TX), Vivek Kumar Thakur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119820 on 12/11/2020 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example multi-channel display systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one processor to execute instructions to at least in response to determining that a first display controller is to provide at least a first portion of video data on a first channel, provide a first control signal to the first display controller instructing the first display controller to provide the at least the first portion of the video data on the first channel, and in response to determining that a second display controller is to provide at least a second portion of the video data on a second channel, provide a second control signal to the second display controller instructing the second display controller to provide the at least the second portion of the video data on the second channel, the second channel different from the first channel.

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

Methods and devices for context set selection
Patent No. 11778191

Inventor(s): Dake He (Waterloo, , CA), Nguyen Nguyen (Seattle, WA), Tianying Ji (Albany, CA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329078 on 05/24/2021 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding multi-level significance maps. Distinct context sets may be used for encoding the significant-coefficient flags in different regions of the transform unit. In a fixed case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders. In one example, the upper-left coefficient group is a first region and the other coefficient groups are a second region. In a dynamic case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders, but the encoder and decoder dynamically determine in which region each coefficient group belongs. Coefficient groups may be assigned to one region or another based on, for example, whether their respective significant-coefficient-group flags were inferred or not.

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

Flexible tiling in video coding
Patent No. 11778205

Inventor(s): Maxim Borisovitch Sychev (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17357724 on 06/24/2021 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of first level tiles. A subset of the first level tiles is partitioned into a plurality of second level tiles. Each second level tile contains a single rectangular slice of picture data. The first level tiles and the second level tiles are encoded into a bitstream. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.

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

Recommending location and content aware filters for digital photographs
Patent No. 11778309

Inventor(s): Aparna Subramanian (Plano, TX), Shishir Saha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17017755 on 09/11/2020 (1117 days app to issue)

Abstract: Digital photograph filters and associated settings are recommended by an image classification model. A plurality of images and metadata associated with each of the plurality of images are received. Human interaction scores for each of the images are received. Training data is generated classifying the images using the associated metadata and human interaction scores. The training data is used to derive an image classification model for predicting a human interaction score for an image having an unknown human interaction score. At least one recommended image capture setting using the image classification model is determined in response to determining that a user is preparing to capture an image with a device. The recommended image capture setting is displayed on a display of the device.

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

System and method for detecting and locating contraband devices in a secure environment
Patent No. 11778417

Inventor(s): Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876019 on 07/28/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is a growing problem in correctional facilities in which contraband devices may be smuggled into a correctional facility. These devices are not subject to the typical monitoring and control provided by the inmate communication system provided by the correctional facility, and thus pose a significant security risk. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method that leverages the sanctioned mobile devices and the wireless infrastructure of the inmate communication system to scan for and triangulate the location of contraband devices. The mobile and wireless infrastructure devices scan for transmissions indicative of a contraband device and send alerts to each other and to a central monitoring system. The central monitoring system then leverages multiple alerts to determine a location of the contraband device using multiple triangulation techniques. The triangulation may also be performed by the mobile devices themselves.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System for secure resource allocation communication with a network
Patent No. 11778466

Inventor(s): Abhishek Palahalli Manjunath (The Colony, TX), Manish Kumar Nigam (McKinney, TX), Shardul Vasudev Joshi (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17026484 on 09/21/2020 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure resource allocation communication with a network. The present invention may be configured to provide, to a device management system, a request for authentication and receive, from the device management system, a file including a link to a certificate system. The present invention may be further configured to provide, using the link, a certificate enrollment request to the certificate system and receive, from the certificate system, a signed certificate. The present invention may be further configured to establish, using the signed certificate, a wireless connection to a network. In some embodiments, the present invention may include a scanner device for processing instruments associated with resource allocations and a network device communicatively connected to the scanner device for enabling the scanner device to communicate wirelessly with the network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Internet protocol (IP) communication service over wireless integrated access and backhaul (IAB) links
Patent No. 11778515

Inventor(s): Akm Moazzem Hossain (Frisco, TX), Gopal K. Sood (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17239957 on 04/26/2021 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless communication network serves user communication devices using Internet Protocol (IP) and Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB). An IAB Mobile Termination (MT) and an IAB donor establish a wireless IAB link. The IAB MT and a Centralized Unit (CU) establish IP links over the wireless IAB link. The IP links have different QoS levels. The IAB MT exchanges data streams with the user communication devices. The data streams have different QoS requirements. The IAB MT and the CU correlate the QoS requirements of the data streams with the QoS levels of the IP links. The IAB MT and the CU exchange individual ones of the data streams over individual ones of the IP links based on the QoS correlations. The CU exchanges the data streams with a data communication network based on the QoS requirements.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Monitoring paging in inactive state
Patent No. 11778564

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694334 on 03/14/2022 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless device in an RRC connected state receives a radio resource control (RRC) message from a base station. The wireless device transitions from the RRC connected state to an RRC inactive station in response to the RRC message. The RRC message indicates an active time period in which the wireless device is reachable by paging. The wireless device monitors to receive a paging message during the active time period after the transitioning. The wireless stops monitoring for the paging message in response to the expiration of the active time period.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks
Patent No. 11778678

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Lee Sullivan Shea Smith LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17665790 on 02/07/2022 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless mesh network comprised of ultra-high-capacity nodes that are capable of establishing ultra-high-capacity links (e.g., point-to-point or point-to-multipoint bi-directional communication links) using a millimeter wave spectrum, including but not limited to 28 Ghz, 39 Ghz, 37/42 Ghz, 60 Ghz (including V band), or E-band frequencies, as examples. The higher capacity and/or extended range of these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be achieved via various advanced signal processing techniques. Further, these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be used in conjunction with other types of point-to-point and/or point-to-multipoint links to build a multi-layer wireless mesh network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for break out of interconnections for high-density integrated circuit packages on a multi-layer printed circuit board
Patent No. 11778731

Inventor(s): Alton Moore (McKinney, TX), David G. Haedge (Dallas, TX), Thanh Tran (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Burns Levinson, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17503988 on 10/18/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-layer printed circuit board having a first landing pad in a first layer and along a first axis arranged to receive a positive signal and a second landing pad in the first layer and along a second axis that is spaced away from the first axis longitudinally in the first layer and where the second landing pad arranged to receive a negative signal. A first buried in a second layer and along the first axis is spaced away from the first landing pad along the first axis. A second buried in the second layer and along the second axis is spaced away from the second landing pad along the second axis. A first signal connector provides a first electrical connection between the first landing pad and the second buried via and a second signal connector provides a second electrical connection between the second landing pad and the first buried via.

[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)

Cooling assemblies and methods
Patent No. 11778780

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (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: 16880202 on 05/21/2020 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various embodiments, a cooling assembly includes a heat-generating device, a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer, a shared coolant reservoir, a passive heat exchange circuit, and an active heat exchange circuit. The MIO layer is bonded to the heat-generating device. The shared coolant reservoir contains a coolant fluid. The passive heat exchange circuit directs coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the MIO layer and back to the shared coolant reservoir. The active heat exchange circuit includes a pump and a heat exchanger, wherein the active heat exchange circuit draws the coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the heat exchanger and returns the coolant fluid to the shared coolant reservoir.

Systems including an integrated power module with vias and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11778793

Inventor(s): Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (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: 17218897 on 03/31/2021 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a power device unit coupled to a substrate. An upper cooling assembly is thermally coupled to an upper side of the substrate. A lower cooling assembly is thermally coupled to a lower side of the substrate. A gate driver unit is coupled to the upper cooling assembly. At least one upper via is formed through the upper cooling electrically coupling the gate driver unit to the power device unit. A capacitor unit is coupled to the lower cooling assembly. At least one lower via formed through the lower cooling assembly electrically coupling the capacitor unit to the power device unit.

Three-dimensional memory device including III-V compound semiconductor channel layer and method of making the same
Patent No. 11778817

Inventor(s): Ashish Kumar Baraskar (Santa Clara, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16912196 on 06/25/2020 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stack including a silicon oxide layer, a germanium-containing layer, and a III-V compound semiconductor layer is formed over a substrate. An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack and into the III-V compound semiconductor layer. Memory opening fill structures including a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel are formed in the memory openings. The vertical semiconductor channels can include a III-V compound semiconductor channel material that is electrically connected to the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The substrate and at least a portion of the silicon oxide layer can be subsequently detached. NULL

Three-dimensional memory device with punch-through-resistant word lines and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11778818

Inventor(s): Hiroaki Namba (Yokkaichi, , JP), Junji Oh (Yokkaichi, , JP), Michiaki Sano (Yokkaichi, , JP), Ryo Mochizuki (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yasuo Kasagi (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yujin Terasawa (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16934445 on 07/21/2020 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying stepped surfaces of the alternating stack, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack are formed over a substrate. A patterned etch mask layer including discrete openings is formed thereabove. Via cavities through an upper region of the retro-stepped dielectric material portion by performing a first anisotropic etch process. Metal plates are selectively formed on physically exposed surfaces of a first subset of the electrically conductive layers by a selective metal deposition process. A subset of the via cavities without any metal plates therein are vertically extended downward by performing a second anisotropic etch process while the metal plates protect underlying electrically conductive layers. Via cavities can be formed without punching through electrically conductive layers. Contact via structures can be formed in the via cavities by depositing at least one conductive material therein. NULL

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Model vehicle light assembly
Patent No. D1000332

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Randy Perez (McKinney, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29811194 on 10/12/2021 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1000471

Inventor(s): Ben Cline (Salt Lake City, UT), Daniel Hall (Dallas, TX), John Weston Pierce (Salt Lake City, UT), Louie Solomon (Richardson, TX), Tuhin Diptiman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29881691 on 01/05/2023 (271 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Percussive massage gun
Patent No. D1000626

Inventor(s): Federico G. Vierheller (Fort Worth, TX), Michael J. Williams (Colleyville, TX), Nathan Andrew Fox (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PlayMakar, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Bey Cotropia PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29814028 on 11/02/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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