Thyristor Current Interrupter
Patent No. 11683031
In one aspect, a solid-state switching apparatus is provided that includes a pair of anti-parallel thyristors, a quasi-resonant turn-off circuit, a sensor, and a control circuit. The turn-off circuit is coupled in parallel with the pair of anti-parallel thyristors and includes a first selectively conductive path and a second selectively conductive path. The sensor is configured to sense a thyristor current conducted by at least one of the pair of anti-parallel thyristors. The control circuit is configured to receive the sensed thyristor current from the sensor and determine a magnitude of the sensed thyristor current and a polarity of the sensed thyristor current. The control circuit is further configured to activate, in response to determining that the magnitude is greater than a threshold value, one of the first selectively conductive path and the second selectively conductive path based on the polarity to commutate and interrupt the thyristor current.
Inventors: Xiaoqing Song (Apex, N.C.); Yuzhi Zhang (Apex, N.C.); Thomas Kendzia III (Richmond); Yu Du (Pleasanton, Calif.)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 20, 2023
Two-part Dispensing Closure System With Internal Seal And Methods Of Using The Same
Patent No. 11679916
A dispensing closure system includes an upper closure portion and a lower closure portion including an axial flow conduit and a vent conduit. The upper closure portion is axially movable relative to lower closure portion between shipping and dispensing positions. A seal is disposed on the lower closure portion over the flow and vent conduits. A peripheral spacing strip is removably secured to the upper closure portion and engages with either the lower closure or the outside of the container to prevent movement. A piercing probe includes piercing elements in alignment with the flow and vent conduits for piercing the seal. In the shipping position, the piercing elements are spaced from the seal. However, when the spacing strip is removed and the upper closure portion is axially moved to the dispensing position, the piercing elements pierce the seal to open the flow conduit and the vent conduit.
Inventors: Thanhhung Le (Henrico, Va.); Brandon Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.); John Scott (Olathe, Kan.); Frederick Thompson (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond)
June 20, 2023
Method For Measuring A Vapor Precursor Level In A Cartomizer Of An Electronic Vaping Device And/or An Electronic Vaping Device Configured To Perform The Method
Patent No. 11679211
An electronic vaping device includes a cartomizer and a battery section. The cartomizer includes a housing, a liquid supply reservoir in the housing, a vaporizer connected to the liquid supply reservoir, a channel adjacent to the liquid supply reservoir. The liquid supply reservoir being is to store vapor precursor. The vaporizer includes a fluid-transport structure that is configured to transport the vapor precursor from the liquid supply reservoir to the channel. The battery section is configured to provide power to the vaporizer. The battery section includes a control circuit that is configured to determine a saturation level of the vapor precursor on the fluid-transport structure based on an electrical resistance of the fluid-transport structure.
Inventors: Jarrett Keen (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Automatic Teller Machine Security
Patent No. 11682270
Computer implemented systems and methods are provided for an automatic teller machine. In some embodiments, an automatic teller machine may comprise a display, a physical barrier configured to intersect a line of sight from a location adjacent the automatic teller machine to the display, one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to determine that a user is operating the automatic teller machine. The one or more processors may be further configured to alter a degree of opacity of the physical barrier, based on the determining.
Inventors: Robert Smith (Richmond); David Wurmfeld (Falls Church, Va.); Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Lisa Whitsitt (San Francisco, Calif.); Janak Dadhaniya (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Engine Oils With Low Temperature Pumpability
Patent No. 11680222
A lubricating composition including a polymer blend of a modified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer and poly(meth)acrylate copolymer effective to maintain a pumpable fluid at low temperatures.
Inventors: Kongsheng Yang (Glen Allen, Va.); Youhong Wang (Glen Allen, Va.); Shen Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp.
June 20, 2023
Scientific System And Method For Optimizing Television Advertising
Patent No. 11683109
A scientific system and methods are disclosed for optimizing television (e.g., “CTV” and “OTT”) advertising and related expenditure to maximize efficiency and return on investment (“ROI’) for advertisers. The scientific system comprises an initial-feedback engine that develops and refines creatives or outcomes by creating and using an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine that creates an initial feedback loop from social media platforms and subsequently uses an intelligent advertisement-selection engine that takes the highest performing advertising on the social media platforms and directs or imports them for connected television or over-the-top advertising. The system includes a performance engine that optimizes performance of the connected television and over-the-top advertising and then moves the winning combination of a creative or outcome resulting from the application inventory, the audience segment, the part of day, the frequency or the like to linear television purchase actions.
Inventors: Jason Fairchild (Rolling Hills Estate, Calif.); David Koye (Richmond)
Assignee: tvScientific (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Real-time Data Quantification, Acquisition, Analysis, And Feedback
Patent No. 11679300
This disclosure relates to systems, media, and methods for quantifying and monitoring exercise parameters and/or motion parameters, including performing data acquisition, analysis, and providing scientifically valid, clinically relevant, and/or actionable diagnostic feedback. Embodiments may be related to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for providing baseline-adjusted real-time feedback to a user. Embodiments may include determining a type of activity for the user. Embodiment may include receiving data from the one or more motion sensors indicating a time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data. Embodiments additionally may include providing a graphical user interface with a real-time representation of the received data. The real-time representation may include a scaled representation of at least one dimension of the time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data for at least one of the one or more motion sensors based on the updated baseline adjustment.
Inventors: John Douglas (Richmond); Frank Forman (Naples, Fla.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Surgical Stringer And Methods Of Manufacturing And Using Same
Patent No. 11678949
A surgical stringer includes a pair of bases, each of the pair of bases having a flat bottom surface, a pivot coupling the pair of bases together, the pair of bases being rotatable with respect to one another, and a pair of poles, each of the pair of poles being coupled to a one of the pair of bases and extending orthogonally thereto, the distance between the pair of poles being variable.
Inventors: John Joseph Lees (Richmond); James J. Lees (Medford, N.J.)
Assignee: Artisan Medical Devices Corp. (Medford, N.J.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods Of Accelerating Transfer In A Static Transfer Switch
Patent No. 11682920
A method of operating a static transfer switch is provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage waveform for each phase of first and second power sources, and calculating flux for each phase of the power sources. The method also includes determining (i) a first flux difference between the respective flux of the first phases of the first and second power sources, (ii) a second flux difference between the respective flux of the second phases of the first and second power sources, and (iii) a third flux difference between the respective flux of the third phases of the first and second power sources. The method further includes turning off a third solid-state switch to disconnect the third phase of the first power source from a load, in response to the controller determining that the third flux difference is greater the first and second flux differences.
Inventors: Yuzhi Zhang (Raleigh, N.C.); Yu Du (Raleigh, N.C.); Xiaoquing Song (Raleigh, N.C.); Harish Suryanarayana (Raleigh, N.C.); Veerakumar Bose (Richmond); Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Richmond); Harshang Shah (Richmond); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Richmond)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 20, 2023
Carton And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 11679920
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a carton or article carrier loaded with one or more articles. The package comprises a group of generally cylindrical articles each having an end and a cylindrical side. The carton is disposed at least partially around the group of articles B. The carton comprises a plurality of panels including: a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls. The group of articles are arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising a first row and a second row.
Inventors: Nathaniel B. Ball (Richmond); Meng-Chuan Wu (Fayetteville, Ga.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
June 20, 2023
Devices And Methods For Selective Contactless Communication
Patent No. 11682001
A card having an antenna, one or processors, and memory having stored thereon a first application and a second application configured to receive an input of the card and determine a request associated with the input. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a contactless EuroPay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) data standard, the first application. The first application is configured to communicate, via near field communication (NFC), data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the EMV data standard for payment purposes. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a near field communication data exchange format (NDEF) standard, the second application. The second application is configured to communicate, via NFC, data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the NDEF standard for verification/identification purposes.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Kaitlin J. Newman (Washington, D.C.); Wayne David Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Kevin Grant Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Techniques And System For Optimization Driven By Dynamic Resilience
Patent No. 11681595
Disclosed are hardware and techniques for testing computer processes in a network system by simulating computer process faults and identifying risk associated with correcting the simulated fault and identifying computer processes that may depend on the corrected computer process. The interdependent computer processes in a network may be determined by evaluating a risk matrix having a risk score and non-functional requirement score. An analysis of the risk score and non-functional requirement score accounts for interdependencies between computer processes and identified corrective actions that may be used to determine an optimal network environment. The optimal network environment may be updated dynamically based on changing computer process interdependencies and the determined risk and robustness scores.
Inventors: Bhavik Gudka (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Barnum (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Authorization Preprocessing Systems And Methods
Patent No. 11682011
A processor of a transaction server may receive an authorization request prior to the authorization request being processed by a payment authorization system. The processor may identify at least one alternative to the authorization request being processed by the payment authorization system. The processor may receive a command to process the authorization request by the payment authorization system or to apply the at least one alternative. The processor may process the authorization request according to the command.
Inventors: Walter Avery Miller (Glen Allen, Va.); Robert A. Martin (Glen Allen, Va.); Mark Daniel Mouadeb (Vienna, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Real-time Data Quantification, Acquisition, Analysis, And Feedback
Patent No. 11679300
This disclosure relates to systems, media, and methods for quantifying and monitoring exercise parameters and/or motion parameters, including performing data acquisition, analysis, and providing scientifically valid, clinically relevant, and/or actionable diagnostic feedback. Embodiments may be related to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for providing baseline-adjusted real-time feedback to a user. Embodiments may include determining a type of activity for the user. Embodiment may include receiving data from the one or more motion sensors indicating a time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data. Embodiments additionally may include providing a graphical user interface with a real-time representation of the received data. The real-time representation may include a scaled representation of at least one dimension of the time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data for at least one of the one or more motion sensors based on the updated baseline adjustment.
Inventors: John Douglas (Richmond); Frank Fornari (Naples, Fla.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Roller Bearing Seal Assembly
Patent No. 11680604
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a rotor for a railway roller bearing seal assembly is provided. The rotor includes an annular body rotatable about a central axis and including radially inner and outer rings. The annular body includes an intermediate portion connecting the radially inner and outer rings and spacing the radially inner ring in a first direction from a base portion of the annular body. The annular body further includes a pocket formed at least in part by the intermediate portion and a snap-fit portion axially intermediate the base portion and a free end portion of the radially inner ring. The snap-fit portion of the annular body is configured to form a snap-fit connection with a snap-fit member of a slinger that extends into the pocket.
Inventor: Timothy M. Liebe (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Amsted Rail Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
June 20, 2023
System And Method For Electronic Communication
Patent No. 11682386
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing communication recommendations to users. The system receives electronic transcripts associated with a first user and generates, based on the transcripts, a communication profile of the user. The system also receives additional user transcripts associated with a plurality of additional users and generates additional communication profiles for those additional users based on the additional transcripts. The system receives a request to communicate with at least one user within the plurality of additional users regarding a specified topic, identifies a second user from within the plurality of additional users, and generates a communication initiation recommendation for the first user to communicate with the second user. The system then transmits the communication initiation recommendation to a first user computing device associated with the first user.
Inventors: Christopher Camenares (Falls Church, Va.); Joseph Boayue (Reston, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Ana Cruz (Arlington, Va.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (Fairfax, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Polyolefin-based Microporous Films Via Sequential Cold And Hot Stretching Of Unannealed Polypropylene Copolymer Films
Patent No. 11680159
Microporous polymer films and methods of making same are disclosed. The microporous polymer film comprises: one or more polypropylene copolymer, said polypropylene copolymer comprising one or more polypropylene homopolymer chain segments and one or more ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments; wherein the microporous polymer film comprises: (i) polypropylene homopolymer chain segments in total amount of from 50-82 wt. %, based on the weight of the microporous polymer film; (ii) one or more ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments in total amount of from 18-50 wt. %, based on the weight of the microporous polymer film, wherein at least a portion of the ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments comprises polymerized units of ethylene in an amount of at least 45 wt. %, based on the weight of the ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments.
Inventors; Wenyi Huang (Midland, Mich.); Mark Alan Barger (Midland, Mich.); Gary D. Parsons (Midland, Mich.); Ioannis V. Bletsos (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Elastic Delivery, Processing, And Storage For Wearable Devices Based On System Resources
Patent No. 11681347
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for elastic delivery, processing, and storage for wearable devices based on system resources. For example, a wearable apparatus may have at least one battery; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one property associated with a user of the wearable apparatus; at least one memory storing measurements from the at least one sensor and instructions; at least one transmitter configured to send data to a device remote from the wearable apparatus; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from the at least one battery, an indicator of a charge; and based on the received indicator, sending a command to the at least one sensor to operate in a low-power mode or a high-power mode, the low-power mode having. a lower sampling rate than the high-power mode.
Inventors: John Douglas (Potomac, Md.); Frank Fornari (Naples, Fla.); Jeff Rowberg (Salem, Va.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Cooling Spray
Patent No. 11679139
A liquid composition comprising witch hazel; glycerin; dehydrated xanthan gum; and water.
Inventor: Shivangi Akash Patel (Mechanicsville, Va.); Renee Nelson (Brandon, Fla.)
Assignee: GlaxosmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (US) LLC (Wilmington, Del.)
June 20, 2023
Amides Of Aliphatic Polyamines And 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic Acid And Lipase Stable Thickener Compositions
Patent No. 11680228
Amides of an aliphatic polyamine with two or three molecules of 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid, wherein the polyamine comprises at least one primary amino group for each molecule of 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid and additionally at least one secondary and/or tertiary amino group, can be used in a lipase stable thickener composition comprising from 50 to 95% by weight of one or more of the amides, from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more diluents and from 0 to 10% by weight water, and such thickener compositions can be prepared by a step of heating a starting mixture comprising hydrogenated castor oil and one or more aliphatic polyamines and adding one or more diluents before or after the heating step.
Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Köhle (Mainhausen, Germany); Michael Klostermann (Essen, Germany); Gonglu Tian (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Evonik Operations (GmbH) (Essen, Germany)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Secure Remote Identity Verification
Patent No. 11683179
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating an identity of a user requesting a resource or service from an entity. In some embodiments, a system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory medium containing instructions that cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include receiving credential information associated with the remote user, and receiving, from the server associated with the entity, first hash information. The operations may also include generating second hash information based on information associated with the user, comparing the first hash information with the second hash information, and transmitting an indication based on the comparison to the server associated with the entity.
Inventors: Ryan Fox (Lebanon, Ohio); Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Meghnath Sharma (Chantilly, Va.); Charles W. Hall (Manakin-Sabot, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Fluid Dispensing Device
Patent No. 11679914
A fluid device generally comprises a staging reservoir which may receive a volume of fluid flowing from a primary reservoir via a coupler upon operation of an actuator, wherein the staging reservoir is usable to measure fluid within the device in order to dispense a desired amount of fluid.
Inventors: Partha Rao Puskur (Herndon, Va.); Paul David Maguire (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 20, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Having Variable Airflow
Patent No. 11684730
An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a vaporiser section configured to receive the cartridge, and a power supply section configured to supply electrical power to the vaporiser section. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing containing a solid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a cartridge air inlet that extends through a wall portion of the cartridge housing. The vaporiser section may include a vaporiser housing containing an electric heater and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a vaporiser air outlet that extends through a wall portion of the vaporiser housing. The cartridge wall portion is configured to abut the vaporiser wall portion when the cartridge is received within the vaporiser section. The cartridge configured to be rotatable with respect to the vaporiser section to vary the amount of overlap between the cartridge air inlet and the vaporiser air outlet.
Inventors: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Techniques For Multi-voice Speech Recognition Commands
Patent No. 11687634
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for multi-voice speech recognition commands, such as based on monitoring a telecommunications channel between first and second devices, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to prompting initiation of a transaction between a first entity associated with a first device and a second entity associated with a second device based on detection of an audible request corresponding to the second entity and an audible response corresponding to the first entity.
Inventors: Paul Hurlocker (Richmond); Austin Grant Walters (Savoy, Ill.); Jeremy Edward Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Fraud Prevention Systems And Methods For Selectively Generating Virtual Account Numbers
Patent No. 11687939
Disclosed embodiments may include a method that includes receiving first identifying information associated with a first user from a computing device; determining a score based on the first identifying information; determining whether the score is less than a threshold; pseudo-randomly generate and transmit a one-time use number to the computing device when the score is less than the threshold. When the score is greater than or equal to the threshold, the method may include transmitting, to the computing device, second instructions prompting the first user to provide second identifying information. Responsive to receiving the second identifying information of the first user, the method may include determining that the second identifying information matches stored second identifying information. Responsive to the second identifying information matching stored second identifying information, the method may include pseudo-randomly generate and transmit the one-time use number to the computing device.
Inventors: Kelly Jo Earl Brown (Rockville, Md.); Noble Ozoka (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Browser Extension For Field Detection And Automatic Population And Submission
Patent No. 11687918
Methods and systems for providing browser extension are disclosed. In some embodiments, the browser extension system includes a communication device in communication with a computing device and a networked system. The browser extension system also includes a processor configured to perform operations comprising: maintaining data associated with the computing device; detecting, through a browser extension application running on the computing device, a field in a web page associated with the networked system and provided by a web browser application running on the computing device; and in response to detecting the field: (i) automatically populating the field, through the browser extension application, with a secure token mapped to the data, (ii) detecting, through the browser extension application, a submission script associated with the web page, and (iii) automatically executing the submission script to submit the secure token through the browser extension application to the networked system.
Inventors: Matthew de Ganon (Hartsdale, N.Y.); Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.); Paul Y. Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Dwij Trivedi (Oakton, Va.); Kunal Arora (Great Falls, Va.); Katherine H. McHugh (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Accessory For Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11684089
An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.
Inventors: Kenneth H. Shafer (Fountain Valley, Calif.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Electronic Vaping Devices
Patent No. 11684088
An electronic smoke apparatus comprising an inhale sensor, a smoke source containing vapor-able smoke flavored substances, an electric heater for heating up the smoke flavored substances, and a power management controller to control power supply to operate the heater; wherein the power management controller is to adaptively supply operating power to the heater according to characteristics of a smoking inhaling event detected at said inhale sensor.
Inventors: Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Location-conscious Social Networking Apparatuses, Methods And Systems
Patent No. 11688024
The LOCATION-CONSCIOUS SOCIAL NETWORKING APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS (“LCSN”) transforms user personality and location inputs via LCSN components into match and transaction outputs. LSCN may be a processor-implemented method for location-conscious social networking, involving collecting personality details pertaining to a user, analyzing the personality details and constructing a personality profile for the user. The LCSN may also collect geolocation information from the user and compare it to geolocation data from other users, may use user personality profiles to calculate a compatibility rating between the user and other users, and may send an alert to users if the geolocation data indicates that the user is within a specified distance of another user, and/or if the users are matches for each other. Users may further be able to express anonymous interest in other users by anonymously rating potential matches.
Inventors: Luke Miller (Falls Church, Va.); Nicolina Miller (Falls Church, Va.)
Assignee: Miller Nelson LLC (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Aerosol-generating Device With Reduced Leakage
Patent No. 11684082
An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also includes an atomizer and a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing. The valve has a first side and an second side. The second side of the valve includes a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.
Inventors: Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Guillaume Frederck (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland); Irene Taurino (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Method Of Using Blank With Foot Panel
Patent No. 11685571
The method includes a blank with sidewall panels, a first foot panel connected to a first one of the sidewall panels, a platform panel connected to the first foot panel, and a second foot panel connected to the platform panel, the method including first folding the sidewall panels and connecting respective side edges of the sidewall panels to form sidewalls of a package, second folding the platform panel to fit within a first end of the sidewalls so that the first foot panel and the second foot panel each at least partially press against a respective one of the sidewalls, and connecting the second foot panel to one of the sidewalls to stabilize the platform panel within the first end.
Inventors: Travis Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Methods To Reduce Frequency Of Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration
Patent No. 11685871
The present disclosure relates to a method of reducing regeneration frequency of a diesel particulate filter in a vehicle combusting diesel fuel. The method includes combusting a diesel fuel in a vehicle engine having a diesel particulate filter and wherein the diesel particulate filter requires regeneration thereof. The diesel fuel has less than about 50 ppmw of sulfur and one or more select additives to reduce a measured frequency of regeneration of the diesel particulate filter.
Inventors: Julienne Galante-Fox (Midlothian, Va.); Timothy J. Whalen (Midlothian, Va.); Daniel Taylor (Fredericksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond
June 27, 2023
Aerosol-generating System With Separate Capsule And Vaporizer
Patent No. 11684084
An aerosol-generating system may include a capsule and a releasably connectable vaporizer or vaporizing unit. The capsule comprises a distal end and defines a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol-generating substrate. The vaporizing unit comprises a housing and a heating element and a transfer element disposed in the housing. The heating element is configured to heat the transfer element to vaporize the aerosol-generating substrate. The housing of the vaporizing unit has a proximal end. A portion of the transfer element extends beyond the proximal end of the housing. The vaporizing unit is configured such that the transfer element is the initial part of the vaporizing unit to penetrate into the reservoir of the capsule as the distal end of the capsule is moved towards the proximal end of the vaporizing unit.
Inventors: Eric Force (Brevaix, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
E-vapor Device Including Heater Structure With Recessed Shell Layer
Patent No. 11684085
An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure includes a base wire and a shell layer coating the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the shell layer. The shell layer includes at least one recessed portion between a first unrecessed portion and a second unrecessed portion. The at least one recessed portion is a thinner section of the shell layer that is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.
Inventors: Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Variable Haptic Feedback
Patent No. 11687162
A system is provided for generating variable haptic feedback. The system comprises a first haptic feedback device configured to generate haptic feedback according to a received output signal, an input device configured to receive instructions from a remote source, the instructions comprising a haptic feedback output identifier, and a memory device for storing a plurality of haptic feedback profiles, the haptic feedback profiles defining unique haptic feedback patterns characterized at least by a duration and intensity of feedback to be generated by the first haptic feedback device, and said haptic feedback profiles being associated with a haptic feedback output identifier. The system also includes a processor configured to generate and transmit an output signal to the first haptic feedback device according to a haptic feedback profile associated with a received haptic feedback output identifier, said output signal comprising a haptic feedback pattern defined by said haptic feedback profile.
Inventors: James R. Dillon Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Todd McPherson (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Orchestrator And Interconnection Fabric Mapper For A Virtual Wireless Base Station
Patent No. 11689939
Disclosed is a virtual wireless base station that can dynamically scale its capacity to meet changes in demand for connectivity. The virtual wireless base station includes a plurality of virtual baseband modules, a plurality of interface/router modules, an orchestrator module and a fabric mapper module. Each of the plurality of virtual baseband modules is coupled to the interface/router modules by a low latency switch fabric. The orchestrator determines current and near future demand for connectivity within the virtual wireless base station and either instantiates and connects new virtual baseband processors to meet a rise in demand, or shuts down underutilized virtual baseband processors in case of insufficient demand.
Inventors: Massimo Notargiacomo (Castel Bolognese, Italy); Jeffrey Courington (Chester, Va.); Stephen Turner (Mechanicsville, Va.); Jeffrey Masters (Ashland, Va.); Vishal Agrawal (Vernon Hills, Ill.); Francesco Foresta (Faenza, Italy)
Assigee: John Mezzalingua Associates (Liverpool, N.Y.)
June 27, 2023
Power Semiconductor Cooling System
Patent No. 11690195
A cooling system for power semiconductor switches is provided. The cooling system includes a heat sink that is pressed against the power semiconductor switch. A plenum is also provided with an opening through a wall thereof which is aligned with the heat sink. A fan draws air through or around the heat sink and through the plenum wall opening and the plenum in order to cool the power semiconductor switch.
Inventors: Thomas Kendzia III (Henrico, Va.); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Mechanicsville, Va.); Taylor Miller (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 27, 2023
Refrigerated Display Case With Shelf Indexing System
Patent No. 11686526
A refrigerated display case is provided. The refrigerated display case includes a rear wall has a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end and a plurality of markings disposed between the first end and the second end. A mounting rail is coupled to the rear wall. A shelf is adjustably coupleable to the mounting rail at a plurality of positions between the first end and the second end of the rear wall. The plurality of markings are configured to indicate a distance from the first end of the rear wall to the shelf based on alignment of the shelf with at least one of the plurality of markings.
Inventors: Steve Stubblefield (Mechanicsville, Va.) Kelly Sayko (Conyers, Ga.)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)
June 27, 2023
Plunger Wave Making Generator System
Patent 11686116
A wave making apparatus for creating a surfing wave in a body of water. The waves are generated using a round bottom and front mechanical plunger. The plurality of round front plungers are assembled side by side in a vertical manner on a 90 degree back wall. The individual round front plungers actuate up and down, all at the same time, at different times, in sequence and can be placed in different shaped configurations to produce a swell into a body of water which then break of artificial surfing reefs to create a wave for surfing.
Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 27, 2023
Methods And Systems For Authentication For High-risk Communications
Patent No. 11689538
An authentication method includes assigning a risk status to a request received from a remote interaction system, transmitting a notification communication to a device associated with the request, monitoring interaction data from an interaction network, and identifying, from the monitored interaction data, authentication interaction information, the authentication interaction information including a coded sequence and a predetermined authentication identifier. The authentication method also includes comparing the coded sequence in the authentication interaction information to an expected coded sequence and transmitting a verification communication after determining the coded sequence in the authentication interaction information matches the expected coded sequence.
Inventors: Nathaniel McKinnon (Henrico, Va.); Jerem Phillips (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Tray Lift Autopsy Table And System
Patent No. 11684531
A system deployable in post-mortem rooms and other facilities for facilitating medical examinations, including autopsies. A system as described includes a corpse-receiving station and an organ dissecting station, each being in some embodiments substantially rectangularly shaped and having a longest length dimension. The corpse-receiving station and organ dissecting station are in some embodiments arranged so their longest length dimensions are oriented substantially perpendicularly, having a formation resembling an L-shape when viewed from an overhead perspective. A system of the instant technology eliminates the necessity for pathologists and technicians of having to lift a subject or corpse, by virtue of the corpse-receiving station being configured and equipped to be selectively height-adjustable, which also eliminates the need for step-stools and the like. Moreover, the organ dissecting station is configured and equipped to be selectively height-adjustable and selectively adjustable laterally with respect to its base. The combination of the features and elements provided enables 360 degree access to a corpse residing on the corpse-receiving station, while greatly lessening un-necessary walking and essentially eliminating hazards associated with biological fluids falling onto the floor surface of the work area. Hygiene is increased by provision of a ventilation system integrated into the components of systems provided herein.
Inventors: Russell H. McElroy (Doswell, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 27, 2023
Thyristor Current Interrupter
Patent No. 11683031
In one aspect, a solid-state switching apparatus is provided that includes a pair of anti-parallel thyristors, a quasi-resonant turn-off circuit, a sensor, and a control circuit. The turn-off circuit is coupled in parallel with the pair of anti-parallel thyristors and includes a first selectively conductive path and a second selectively conductive path. The sensor is configured to sense a thyristor current conducted by at least one of the pair of anti-parallel thyristors. The control circuit is configured to receive the sensed thyristor current from the sensor and determine a magnitude of the sensed thyristor current and a polarity of the sensed thyristor current. The control circuit is further configured to activate, in response to determining that the magnitude is greater than a threshold value, one of the first selectively conductive path and the second selectively conductive path based on the polarity to commutate and interrupt the thyristor current.
Inventors: Xiaoqing Song (Apex, N.C.); Yuzhi Zhang (Apex, N.C.); Thomas Kendzia III (Richmond); Yu Du (Pleasanton, Calif.)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 20, 2023
Two-part Dispensing Closure System With Internal Seal And Methods Of Using The Same
Patent No. 11679916
A dispensing closure system includes an upper closure portion and a lower closure portion including an axial flow conduit and a vent conduit. The upper closure portion is axially movable relative to lower closure portion between shipping and dispensing positions. A seal is disposed on the lower closure portion over the flow and vent conduits. A peripheral spacing strip is removably secured to the upper closure portion and engages with either the lower closure or the outside of the container to prevent movement. A piercing probe includes piercing elements in alignment with the flow and vent conduits for piercing the seal. In the shipping position, the piercing elements are spaced from the seal. However, when the spacing strip is removed and the upper closure portion is axially moved to the dispensing position, the piercing elements pierce the seal to open the flow conduit and the vent conduit.
Inventors: Thanhhung Le (Henrico, Va.); Brandon Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.); John Scott (Olathe, Kan.); Frederick Thompson (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond)
June 20, 2023
Method For Measuring A Vapor Precursor Level In A Cartomizer Of An Electronic Vaping Device And/or An Electronic Vaping Device Configured To Perform The Method
Patent No. 11679211
An electronic vaping device includes a cartomizer and a battery section. The cartomizer includes a housing, a liquid supply reservoir in the housing, a vaporizer connected to the liquid supply reservoir, a channel adjacent to the liquid supply reservoir. The liquid supply reservoir being is to store vapor precursor. The vaporizer includes a fluid-transport structure that is configured to transport the vapor precursor from the liquid supply reservoir to the channel. The battery section is configured to provide power to the vaporizer. The battery section includes a control circuit that is configured to determine a saturation level of the vapor precursor on the fluid-transport structure based on an electrical resistance of the fluid-transport structure.
Inventors: Jarrett Keen (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Automatic Teller Machine Security
Patent No. 11682270
Computer implemented systems and methods are provided for an automatic teller machine. In some embodiments, an automatic teller machine may comprise a display, a physical barrier configured to intersect a line of sight from a location adjacent the automatic teller machine to the display, one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to determine that a user is operating the automatic teller machine. The one or more processors may be further configured to alter a degree of opacity of the physical barrier, based on the determining.
Inventors: Robert Smith (Richmond); David Wurmfeld (Falls Church, Va.); Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Lisa Whitsitt (San Francisco, Calif.); Janak Dadhaniya (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Engine Oils With Low Temperature Pumpability
Patent No. 11680222
A lubricating composition including a polymer blend of a modified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer and poly(meth)acrylate copolymer effective to maintain a pumpable fluid at low temperatures.
Inventors: Kongsheng Yang (Glen Allen, Va.); Youhong Wang (Glen Allen, Va.); Shen Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp.
June 20, 2023
Scientific System And Method For Optimizing Television Advertising
Patent No. 11683109
A scientific system and methods are disclosed for optimizing television (e.g., “CTV” and “OTT”) advertising and related expenditure to maximize efficiency and return on investment (“ROI’) for advertisers. The scientific system comprises an initial-feedback engine that develops and refines creatives or outcomes by creating and using an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine that creates an initial feedback loop from social media platforms and subsequently uses an intelligent advertisement-selection engine that takes the highest performing advertising on the social media platforms and directs or imports them for connected television or over-the-top advertising. The system includes a performance engine that optimizes performance of the connected television and over-the-top advertising and then moves the winning combination of a creative or outcome resulting from the application inventory, the audience segment, the part of day, the frequency or the like to linear television purchase actions.
Inventors: Jason Fairchild (Rolling Hills Estate, Calif.); David Koye (Richmond)
Assignee: tvScientific (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Real-time Data Quantification, Acquisition, Analysis, And Feedback
Patent No. 11679300
This disclosure relates to systems, media, and methods for quantifying and monitoring exercise parameters and/or motion parameters, including performing data acquisition, analysis, and providing scientifically valid, clinically relevant, and/or actionable diagnostic feedback. Embodiments may be related to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for providing baseline-adjusted real-time feedback to a user. Embodiments may include determining a type of activity for the user. Embodiment may include receiving data from the one or more motion sensors indicating a time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data. Embodiments additionally may include providing a graphical user interface with a real-time representation of the received data. The real-time representation may include a scaled representation of at least one dimension of the time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data for at least one of the one or more motion sensors based on the updated baseline adjustment.
Inventors: John Douglas (Richmond); Frank Forman (Naples, Fla.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Surgical Stringer And Methods Of Manufacturing And Using Same
Patent No. 11678949
A surgical stringer includes a pair of bases, each of the pair of bases having a flat bottom surface, a pivot coupling the pair of bases together, the pair of bases being rotatable with respect to one another, and a pair of poles, each of the pair of poles being coupled to a one of the pair of bases and extending orthogonally thereto, the distance between the pair of poles being variable.
Inventors: John Joseph Lees (Richmond); James J. Lees (Medford, N.J.)
Assignee: Artisan Medical Devices Corp. (Medford, N.J.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods Of Accelerating Transfer In A Static Transfer Switch
Patent No. 11682920
A method of operating a static transfer switch is provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage waveform for each phase of first and second power sources, and calculating flux for each phase of the power sources. The method also includes determining (i) a first flux difference between the respective flux of the first phases of the first and second power sources, (ii) a second flux difference between the respective flux of the second phases of the first and second power sources, and (iii) a third flux difference between the respective flux of the third phases of the first and second power sources. The method further includes turning off a third solid-state switch to disconnect the third phase of the first power source from a load, in response to the controller determining that the third flux difference is greater the first and second flux differences.
Inventors: Yuzhi Zhang (Raleigh, N.C.); Yu Du (Raleigh, N.C.); Xiaoquing Song (Raleigh, N.C.); Harish Suryanarayana (Raleigh, N.C.); Veerakumar Bose (Richmond); Thomas Anthony Kendzia III (Richmond); Harshang Shah (Richmond); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Richmond)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 20, 2023
Carton And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 11679920
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a carton or article carrier loaded with one or more articles. The package comprises a group of generally cylindrical articles each having an end and a cylindrical side. The carton is disposed at least partially around the group of articles B. The carton comprises a plurality of panels including: a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls. The group of articles are arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising a first row and a second row.
Inventors: Nathaniel B. Ball (Richmond); Meng-Chuan Wu (Fayetteville, Ga.)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
June 20, 2023
Devices And Methods For Selective Contactless Communication
Patent No. 11682001
A card having an antenna, one or processors, and memory having stored thereon a first application and a second application configured to receive an input of the card and determine a request associated with the input. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a contactless EuroPay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) data standard, the first application. The first application is configured to communicate, via near field communication (NFC), data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the EMV data standard for payment purposes. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a near field communication data exchange format (NDEF) standard, the second application. The second application is configured to communicate, via NFC, data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the NDEF standard for verification/identification purposes.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Kaitlin J. Newman (Washington, D.C.); Wayne David Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Kevin Grant Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Techniques And System For Optimization Driven By Dynamic Resilience
Patent No. 11681595
Disclosed are hardware and techniques for testing computer processes in a network system by simulating computer process faults and identifying risk associated with correcting the simulated fault and identifying computer processes that may depend on the corrected computer process. The interdependent computer processes in a network may be determined by evaluating a risk matrix having a risk score and non-functional requirement score. An analysis of the risk score and non-functional requirement score accounts for interdependencies between computer processes and identified corrective actions that may be used to determine an optimal network environment. The optimal network environment may be updated dynamically based on changing computer process interdependencies and the determined risk and robustness scores.
Inventors: Bhavik Gudka (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Barnum (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Authorization Preprocessing Systems And Methods
Patent No. 11682011
A processor of a transaction server may receive an authorization request prior to the authorization request being processed by a payment authorization system. The processor may identify at least one alternative to the authorization request being processed by the payment authorization system. The processor may receive a command to process the authorization request by the payment authorization system or to apply the at least one alternative. The processor may process the authorization request according to the command.
Inventors: Walter Avery Miller (Glen Allen, Va.); Robert A. Martin (Glen Allen, Va.); Mark Daniel Mouadeb (Vienna, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Real-time Data Quantification, Acquisition, Analysis, And Feedback
Patent No. 11679300
This disclosure relates to systems, media, and methods for quantifying and monitoring exercise parameters and/or motion parameters, including performing data acquisition, analysis, and providing scientifically valid, clinically relevant, and/or actionable diagnostic feedback. Embodiments may be related to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for providing baseline-adjusted real-time feedback to a user. Embodiments may include determining a type of activity for the user. Embodiment may include receiving data from the one or more motion sensors indicating a time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data. Embodiments additionally may include providing a graphical user interface with a real-time representation of the received data. The real-time representation may include a scaled representation of at least one dimension of the time-dependent series of three axis acceleration data and three-axis orientation data for at least one of the one or more motion sensors based on the updated baseline adjustment.
Inventors: John Douglas (Richmond); Frank Fornari (Naples, Fla.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Roller Bearing Seal Assembly
Patent No. 11680604
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a rotor for a railway roller bearing seal assembly is provided. The rotor includes an annular body rotatable about a central axis and including radially inner and outer rings. The annular body includes an intermediate portion connecting the radially inner and outer rings and spacing the radially inner ring in a first direction from a base portion of the annular body. The annular body further includes a pocket formed at least in part by the intermediate portion and a snap-fit portion axially intermediate the base portion and a free end portion of the radially inner ring. The snap-fit portion of the annular body is configured to form a snap-fit connection with a snap-fit member of a slinger that extends into the pocket.
Inventor: Timothy M. Liebe (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Amsted Rail Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
June 20, 2023
System And Method For Electronic Communication
Patent No. 11682386
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing communication recommendations to users. The system receives electronic transcripts associated with a first user and generates, based on the transcripts, a communication profile of the user. The system also receives additional user transcripts associated with a plurality of additional users and generates additional communication profiles for those additional users based on the additional transcripts. The system receives a request to communicate with at least one user within the plurality of additional users regarding a specified topic, identifies a second user from within the plurality of additional users, and generates a communication initiation recommendation for the first user to communicate with the second user. The system then transmits the communication initiation recommendation to a first user computing device associated with the first user.
Inventors: Christopher Camenares (Falls Church, Va.); Joseph Boayue (Reston, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Ana Cruz (Arlington, Va.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (Fairfax, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Polyolefin-based Microporous Films Via Sequential Cold And Hot Stretching Of Unannealed Polypropylene Copolymer Films
Patent No. 11680159
Microporous polymer films and methods of making same are disclosed. The microporous polymer film comprises: one or more polypropylene copolymer, said polypropylene copolymer comprising one or more polypropylene homopolymer chain segments and one or more ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments; wherein the microporous polymer film comprises: (i) polypropylene homopolymer chain segments in total amount of from 50-82 wt. %, based on the weight of the microporous polymer film; (ii) one or more ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments in total amount of from 18-50 wt. %, based on the weight of the microporous polymer film, wherein at least a portion of the ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments comprises polymerized units of ethylene in an amount of at least 45 wt. %, based on the weight of the ethylene-containing copolymer chain segments.
Inventors; Wenyi Huang (Midland, Mich.); Mark Alan Barger (Midland, Mich.); Gary D. Parsons (Midland, Mich.); Ioannis V. Bletsos (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Elastic Delivery, Processing, And Storage For Wearable Devices Based On System Resources
Patent No. 11681347
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for elastic delivery, processing, and storage for wearable devices based on system resources. For example, a wearable apparatus may have at least one battery; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one property associated with a user of the wearable apparatus; at least one memory storing measurements from the at least one sensor and instructions; at least one transmitter configured to send data to a device remote from the wearable apparatus; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from the at least one battery, an indicator of a charge; and based on the received indicator, sending a command to the at least one sensor to operate in a low-power mode or a high-power mode, the low-power mode having. a lower sampling rate than the high-power mode.
Inventors: John Douglas (Potomac, Md.); Frank Fornari (Naples, Fla.); Jeff Rowberg (Salem, Va.)
Assignee: BioMech Sensor LLC (Midlothian, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Cooling Spray
Patent No. 11679139
A liquid composition comprising witch hazel; glycerin; dehydrated xanthan gum; and water.
Inventor: Shivangi Akash Patel (Mechanicsville, Va.); Renee Nelson (Brandon, Fla.)
Assignee: GlaxosmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (US) LLC (Wilmington, Del.)
June 20, 2023
Amides Of Aliphatic Polyamines And 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic Acid And Lipase Stable Thickener Compositions
Patent No. 11680228
Amides of an aliphatic polyamine with two or three molecules of 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid, wherein the polyamine comprises at least one primary amino group for each molecule of 12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid and additionally at least one secondary and/or tertiary amino group, can be used in a lipase stable thickener composition comprising from 50 to 95% by weight of one or more of the amides, from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more diluents and from 0 to 10% by weight water, and such thickener compositions can be prepared by a step of heating a starting mixture comprising hydrogenated castor oil and one or more aliphatic polyamines and adding one or more diluents before or after the heating step.
Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Köhle (Mainhausen, Germany); Michael Klostermann (Essen, Germany); Gonglu Tian (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Evonik Operations (GmbH) (Essen, Germany)
June 20, 2023
Systems And Methods For Secure Remote Identity Verification
Patent No. 11683179
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating an identity of a user requesting a resource or service from an entity. In some embodiments, a system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory medium containing instructions that cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include receiving credential information associated with the remote user, and receiving, from the server associated with the entity, first hash information. The operations may also include generating second hash information based on information associated with the user, comparing the first hash information with the second hash information, and transmitting an indication based on the comparison to the server associated with the entity.
Inventors: Ryan Fox (Lebanon, Ohio); Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Meghnath Sharma (Chantilly, Va.); Charles W. Hall (Manakin-Sabot, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 20, 2023
Fluid Dispensing Device
Patent No. 11679914
A fluid device generally comprises a staging reservoir which may receive a volume of fluid flowing from a primary reservoir via a coupler upon operation of an actuator, wherein the staging reservoir is usable to measure fluid within the device in order to dispense a desired amount of fluid.
Inventors: Partha Rao Puskur (Herndon, Va.); Paul David Maguire (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 20, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Having Variable Airflow
Patent No. 11684730
An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a vaporiser section configured to receive the cartridge, and a power supply section configured to supply electrical power to the vaporiser section. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing containing a solid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a cartridge air inlet that extends through a wall portion of the cartridge housing. The vaporiser section may include a vaporiser housing containing an electric heater and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a vaporiser air outlet that extends through a wall portion of the vaporiser housing. The cartridge wall portion is configured to abut the vaporiser wall portion when the cartridge is received within the vaporiser section. The cartridge configured to be rotatable with respect to the vaporiser section to vary the amount of overlap between the cartridge air inlet and the vaporiser air outlet.
Inventors: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Techniques For Multi-voice Speech Recognition Commands
Patent No. 11687634
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for multi-voice speech recognition commands, such as based on monitoring a telecommunications channel between first and second devices, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to prompting initiation of a transaction between a first entity associated with a first device and a second entity associated with a second device based on detection of an audible request corresponding to the second entity and an audible response corresponding to the first entity.
Inventors: Paul Hurlocker (Richmond); Austin Grant Walters (Savoy, Ill.); Jeremy Edward Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Fraud Prevention Systems And Methods For Selectively Generating Virtual Account Numbers
Patent No. 11687939
Disclosed embodiments may include a method that includes receiving first identifying information associated with a first user from a computing device; determining a score based on the first identifying information; determining whether the score is less than a threshold; pseudo-randomly generate and transmit a one-time use number to the computing device when the score is less than the threshold. When the score is greater than or equal to the threshold, the method may include transmitting, to the computing device, second instructions prompting the first user to provide second identifying information. Responsive to receiving the second identifying information of the first user, the method may include determining that the second identifying information matches stored second identifying information. Responsive to the second identifying information matching stored second identifying information, the method may include pseudo-randomly generate and transmit the one-time use number to the computing device.
Inventors: Kelly Jo Earl Brown (Rockville, Md.); Noble Ozoka (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Browser Extension For Field Detection And Automatic Population And Submission
Patent No. 11687918
Methods and systems for providing browser extension are disclosed. In some embodiments, the browser extension system includes a communication device in communication with a computing device and a networked system. The browser extension system also includes a processor configured to perform operations comprising: maintaining data associated with the computing device; detecting, through a browser extension application running on the computing device, a field in a web page associated with the networked system and provided by a web browser application running on the computing device; and in response to detecting the field: (i) automatically populating the field, through the browser extension application, with a secure token mapped to the data, (ii) detecting, through the browser extension application, a submission script associated with the web page, and (iii) automatically executing the submission script to submit the secure token through the browser extension application to the networked system.
Inventors: Matthew de Ganon (Hartsdale, N.Y.); Thomas S. Poole (Chantilly, Va.); Paul Y. Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Dwij Trivedi (Oakton, Va.); Kunal Arora (Great Falls, Va.); Katherine H. McHugh (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Accessory For Electronic Cigarette
Patent No. 11684089
An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.
Inventors: Kenneth H. Shafer (Fountain Valley, Calif.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Electronic Vaping Devices
Patent No. 11684088
An electronic smoke apparatus comprising an inhale sensor, a smoke source containing vapor-able smoke flavored substances, an electric heater for heating up the smoke flavored substances, and a power management controller to control power supply to operate the heater; wherein the power management controller is to adaptively supply operating power to the heater according to characteristics of a smoking inhaling event detected at said inhale sensor.
Inventors: Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Location-conscious Social Networking Apparatuses, Methods And Systems
Patent No. 11688024
The LOCATION-CONSCIOUS SOCIAL NETWORKING APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS (“LCSN”) transforms user personality and location inputs via LCSN components into match and transaction outputs. LSCN may be a processor-implemented method for location-conscious social networking, involving collecting personality details pertaining to a user, analyzing the personality details and constructing a personality profile for the user. The LCSN may also collect geolocation information from the user and compare it to geolocation data from other users, may use user personality profiles to calculate a compatibility rating between the user and other users, and may send an alert to users if the geolocation data indicates that the user is within a specified distance of another user, and/or if the users are matches for each other. Users may further be able to express anonymous interest in other users by anonymously rating potential matches.
Inventors: Luke Miller (Falls Church, Va.); Nicolina Miller (Falls Church, Va.)
Assignee: Miller Nelson LLC (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Aerosol-generating Device With Reduced Leakage
Patent No. 11684082
An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also includes an atomizer and a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing. The valve has a first side and an second side. The second side of the valve includes a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.
Inventors: Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland); Guillaume Frederck (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland); Irene Taurino (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Method Of Using Blank With Foot Panel
Patent No. 11685571
The method includes a blank with sidewall panels, a first foot panel connected to a first one of the sidewall panels, a platform panel connected to the first foot panel, and a second foot panel connected to the platform panel, the method including first folding the sidewall panels and connecting respective side edges of the sidewall panels to form sidewalls of a package, second folding the platform panel to fit within a first end of the sidewalls so that the first foot panel and the second foot panel each at least partially press against a respective one of the sidewalls, and connecting the second foot panel to one of the sidewalls to stabilize the platform panel within the first end.
Inventors: Travis Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Methods To Reduce Frequency Of Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration
Patent No. 11685871
The present disclosure relates to a method of reducing regeneration frequency of a diesel particulate filter in a vehicle combusting diesel fuel. The method includes combusting a diesel fuel in a vehicle engine having a diesel particulate filter and wherein the diesel particulate filter requires regeneration thereof. The diesel fuel has less than about 50 ppmw of sulfur and one or more select additives to reduce a measured frequency of regeneration of the diesel particulate filter.
Inventors: Julienne Galante-Fox (Midlothian, Va.); Timothy J. Whalen (Midlothian, Va.); Daniel Taylor (Fredericksburg, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond
June 27, 2023
Aerosol-generating System With Separate Capsule And Vaporizer
Patent No. 11684084
An aerosol-generating system may include a capsule and a releasably connectable vaporizer or vaporizing unit. The capsule comprises a distal end and defines a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol-generating substrate. The vaporizing unit comprises a housing and a heating element and a transfer element disposed in the housing. The heating element is configured to heat the transfer element to vaporize the aerosol-generating substrate. The housing of the vaporizing unit has a proximal end. A portion of the transfer element extends beyond the proximal end of the housing. The vaporizing unit is configured such that the transfer element is the initial part of the vaporizing unit to penetrate into the reservoir of the capsule as the distal end of the capsule is moved towards the proximal end of the vaporizing unit.
Inventors: Eric Force (Brevaix, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
E-vapor Device Including Heater Structure With Recessed Shell Layer
Patent No. 11684085
An e-vapor device may include a pre-vapor sector and a heater structure arranged in thermal contact with the pre-vapor sector. The pre-vapor sector is configured to hold and dispense a pre-vapor formulation. The heater structure includes a base wire and a shell layer coating the base wire. The base wire is insulated from the shell layer. The shell layer includes at least one recessed portion between a first unrecessed portion and a second unrecessed portion. The at least one recessed portion is a thinner section of the shell layer that is configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. As a result of the heater design, the heater structure is stiffer and more robust than other related heaters in the art, thus allowing more options for its implementation.
Inventors: Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 27, 2023
Systems And Methods For Providing Variable Haptic Feedback
Patent No. 11687162
A system is provided for generating variable haptic feedback. The system comprises a first haptic feedback device configured to generate haptic feedback according to a received output signal, an input device configured to receive instructions from a remote source, the instructions comprising a haptic feedback output identifier, and a memory device for storing a plurality of haptic feedback profiles, the haptic feedback profiles defining unique haptic feedback patterns characterized at least by a duration and intensity of feedback to be generated by the first haptic feedback device, and said haptic feedback profiles being associated with a haptic feedback output identifier. The system also includes a processor configured to generate and transmit an output signal to the first haptic feedback device according to a haptic feedback profile associated with a received haptic feedback output identifier, said output signal comprising a haptic feedback pattern defined by said haptic feedback profile.
Inventors: James R. Dillon Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Todd McPherson (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Orchestrator And Interconnection Fabric Mapper For A Virtual Wireless Base Station
Patent No. 11689939
Disclosed is a virtual wireless base station that can dynamically scale its capacity to meet changes in demand for connectivity. The virtual wireless base station includes a plurality of virtual baseband modules, a plurality of interface/router modules, an orchestrator module and a fabric mapper module. Each of the plurality of virtual baseband modules is coupled to the interface/router modules by a low latency switch fabric. The orchestrator determines current and near future demand for connectivity within the virtual wireless base station and either instantiates and connects new virtual baseband processors to meet a rise in demand, or shuts down underutilized virtual baseband processors in case of insufficient demand.
Inventors: Massimo Notargiacomo (Castel Bolognese, Italy); Jeffrey Courington (Chester, Va.); Stephen Turner (Mechanicsville, Va.); Jeffrey Masters (Ashland, Va.); Vishal Agrawal (Vernon Hills, Ill.); Francesco Foresta (Faenza, Italy)
Assigee: John Mezzalingua Associates (Liverpool, N.Y.)
June 27, 2023
Power Semiconductor Cooling System
Patent No. 11690195
A cooling system for power semiconductor switches is provided. The cooling system includes a heat sink that is pressed against the power semiconductor switch. A plenum is also provided with an opening through a wall thereof which is aligned with the heat sink. A fan draws air through or around the heat sink and through the plenum wall opening and the plenum in order to cool the power semiconductor switch.
Inventors: Thomas Kendzia III (Henrico, Va.); Christopher Alan Belcastro (Mechanicsville, Va.); Taylor Miller (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland)
June 27, 2023
Refrigerated Display Case With Shelf Indexing System
Patent No. 11686526
A refrigerated display case is provided. The refrigerated display case includes a rear wall has a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end and a plurality of markings disposed between the first end and the second end. A mounting rail is coupled to the rear wall. A shelf is adjustably coupleable to the mounting rail at a plurality of positions between the first end and the second end of the rear wall. The plurality of markings are configured to indicate a distance from the first end of the rear wall to the shelf based on alignment of the shelf with at least one of the plurality of markings.
Inventors: Steve Stubblefield (Mechanicsville, Va.) Kelly Sayko (Conyers, Ga.)
Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)
June 27, 2023
Plunger Wave Making Generator System
Patent 11686116
A wave making apparatus for creating a surfing wave in a body of water. The waves are generated using a round bottom and front mechanical plunger. The plurality of round front plungers are assembled side by side in a vertical manner on a 90 degree back wall. The individual round front plungers actuate up and down, all at the same time, at different times, in sequence and can be placed in different shaped configurations to produce a swell into a body of water which then break of artificial surfing reefs to create a wave for surfing.
Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 27, 2023
Methods And Systems For Authentication For High-risk Communications
Patent No. 11689538
An authentication method includes assigning a risk status to a request received from a remote interaction system, transmitting a notification communication to a device associated with the request, monitoring interaction data from an interaction network, and identifying, from the monitored interaction data, authentication interaction information, the authentication interaction information including a coded sequence and a predetermined authentication identifier. The authentication method also includes comparing the coded sequence in the authentication interaction information to an expected coded sequence and transmitting a verification communication after determining the coded sequence in the authentication interaction information matches the expected coded sequence.
Inventors: Nathaniel McKinnon (Henrico, Va.); Jerem Phillips (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 27, 2023
Tray Lift Autopsy Table And System
Patent No. 11684531
A system deployable in post-mortem rooms and other facilities for facilitating medical examinations, including autopsies. A system as described includes a corpse-receiving station and an organ dissecting station, each being in some embodiments substantially rectangularly shaped and having a longest length dimension. The corpse-receiving station and organ dissecting station are in some embodiments arranged so their longest length dimensions are oriented substantially perpendicularly, having a formation resembling an L-shape when viewed from an overhead perspective. A system of the instant technology eliminates the necessity for pathologists and technicians of having to lift a subject or corpse, by virtue of the corpse-receiving station being configured and equipped to be selectively height-adjustable, which also eliminates the need for step-stools and the like. Moreover, the organ dissecting station is configured and equipped to be selectively height-adjustable and selectively adjustable laterally with respect to its base. The combination of the features and elements provided enables 360 degree access to a corpse residing on the corpse-receiving station, while greatly lessening un-necessary walking and essentially eliminating hazards associated with biological fluids falling onto the floor surface of the work area. Hygiene is increased by provision of a ventilation system integrated into the components of systems provided herein.
Inventors: Russell H. McElroy (Doswell, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
June 27, 2023