Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Storage Analysis And Management
Patent No. 12087005
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for storage analysis and management using computer vision techniques. An imaging device may capture a series of images of a plurality of containers. The series of images may be analyzed by a classification model to determine a current capacity of each container. When the classification model determines that a current capacity of a container(s) satisfies a threshold(s), at least one remedial action may be performed.
Inventors: Whitney Ann Gregory (Midlothian, Va.); Hemanth Bandi (Richmond); Dan Li (Tallahassee, Fla.); Devang Dhaka (Richmond); Anshul Kumar (Ashburn, Va.)
Assignee: McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas)
Sept. 10, 2024
Rotatable Drum And Method And System Using The Same For The Automated Production Of E-vapor Devices
Patent No. 12082622
A rotating drum for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a drum body. A plurality of grooves may be disposed in an outer face of the drum body. A seat may be tractably-mounted in each one of the plurality of grooves. The seat may include a seat groove that is structured and arranged to receive and hold a rigid casing of a vapor-generating article. The seat may be composed of a material that is softer than a material of the rigid casing.
Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.); Martin T. Garthaffner (Richmond); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Nicotine E-vaping Section, And Nicotine E-vaping Device Including Nicotine E-vaping Section
Patent No. 12082603
The nicotine e-vaping section includes a housing, a wick in a chamber defined within the housing, a heater in heating proximity to the wick and a reservoir configured to contain a nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the nicotine pre-vapor formulation including nicotine. The nicotine e-vaping section defines at least one first channel, the at least one first channel being configured to communicate the nicotine pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the wick. The nicotine e-vaping section further defines at least one first air passage, the at least one first air passage being configured to allow air to enter the reservoir. The nicotine e-vaping device includes the nicotine e-vaping section.
Inventors: Isaac Weigensberg (Richmond); Greg Kunin (Rehovot, Israel); David Rubli (Revava, Israel); Bernard G. Juster (Netanya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 14, 2024
Electronic Vaping Devices
Patent No. 12082619
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.
Inventor: Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Method And Apparatus For Identifying, Authenticating, Tracking And Tracing Manufactured Items
Patent No. 12086751
A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container. There is also provided methods and apparatus for authenticating, tracking and tracing the units.
Inventors: Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switzerland); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switzerland); Philippe Chatelain (Chavornay, Switzerland); Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Cartridge For Pump-operated Aerosol-generating System
Patent No. 12082617
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may include a reservoir configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an atomizer assembly configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a pump configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir to the atomizer assembly. The reservoir may include a substantially rigid housing and an inlet valve that is configured to allow air into the reservoir based on a pressure difference between an interior of the housing and an exterior of the housing exceeding a threshold pressure difference. This improves the reliability and efficiency of delivery of liquid to the wick. The system may further include a robust reservoir that is configured to at least partially mitigate liquid leakage between the reservoir interior and the reservoir exterior.
Inventors: Ben Bright (Gloucestershire, Great Britain); Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Nicotine Lozenge
Patent No. 12083110
A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150? C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); Williams J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Cartridge Including A Liquid Storage Portion With A Flexible Wall
Patent No. 12089300
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Polymeric Aerogel Composite And Synthesis By Ambient And Freeze-drying
Patent No. 12077642
Polymeric aerogels, articles made from the polymeric aerogels and methods of making the polymeric aerogels are provided. The aerogels are made e.g. from crosslinkable monomers such as isocyanate monomers or phenolic monomers and a filler comprising crosslinkable hydroxyl groups. The filler may be natural (e.g. wood flour) or synthetic. The aerogels and products made therefrom exhibit low thermal conductivity and are mechanically strong. Due to their physical properties, these materials are used as e.g. building envelope components, such as walls, roofs and frames, to improve the thermal performance thereof, and may be used in a variety of other applications such as sound and insulation barriers in mechanical equipment, cryogenic containers, etc.
Inventors: Massimo Bertino (Glen Allen, Va.); Sylwia Czlonka (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
Tobacco Plants Comprising Reduced Nicotine And Reduced Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines
Patent No. 12077765
The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing nicotine. Also provided are tobacco plants with decreased tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). The present disclosure further provides modified tobacco plants with low nicotine and increased antioxidant capacity. Further provided are tobacco plants or material with low nicotine and low TSNAs. Also provided is cured tobacco material of the tobacco plants provided herein and tobacco products comprising this cured tobacco material.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); James A. Strickland (Virginia Beach, Va.); Lusso de Godoy (Chesterfield, Va.); Fernando Marcos (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
System, Method, And Apparatus For Ameliorating Deposits In Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems For The Reduction Of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions In Steam Methane Reformers
Patent No. 12076683
A system, method, and apparatus for ameliorating deposits in selective catalytic reduction systems for the reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions in steam methane reformers. The system includes positioning a dual stage refractory particulate (RP) filter placed in an upstream airflow from a Selective Catalytic Reduction System (SCRS). The first stage is formed of a perforated steel plate with a second stage formed of a wire mesh screen. The system may employ air cannons to clean each of the first stage and the second stages.
Inventors: Jefferson Landers Shelton (Jacksonville, Ala.); Mark Braithwaite Jr. (Richmond); Jan Albert Schutte (Midlothian, Va.); Morgan Watson (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Integrated Global Services (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
Centralized Platform For Processing Artifacts Of Distributed Entities
Patent No. 12079359
Centralized artifacts systems and methods for processing artifacts of distributed entities are disclosed. The centralized artifacts system receives a set of artifact-input data associated with the artifacts of the distributed entities. An artifact suggestions generator can generate artifact hierarchies using the artifact-input data. Artifact hierarchies can include categorical containers, tile elements, artifact fields, and suggested task blocks. An artifact collection interface can display the artifact hierarchies to entities and receive, from the entities, a new set of artifact-input data associated with the completion of the artifact hierarchies. Using the new set of artifact-input data, the centralized artifacts system performs updates to the artifact hierarchies such as modifying the existing artifact hierarchies or generating new artifact hierarchies.
Inventors: Daniel McCool (Richmond); Daniel Kushner (Novato, Calif.); Nathaniel Robinson (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Trustworthy Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Predictive Remediation Action System
Patent No. 12081562
Aspects described herein may use machine learning models to predict one or more remediation actions to mitigate occurrence of an incident based upon previous incidents of an entity. Asset ownership data and development operations tools metric data are compiled and a relationship between the compiled data and an occurrence of previous incidents is determined. A machine learning model predicts relationships between the occurrence of a previous incident and assets data. One or more remediation actions are assigned to an asset and a notification is outputted regarding the same.
Inventors: Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); David Walter Peters (Richmond); Keith D. Greene (Mechanicsville, Va.); Catherine Barnes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Systems And Methods For Candidacy Determinations And Request Processing While Maintaining User Data Anonymity
Patent No. 12086288
A first system may receive first data of a user associated with a first identifier and second data of the user associated with a second identifier that exclude user identifying information from a first and second data source, respectively. A key may be received from a second system that associates the first and second identifier with a common identifier generated to preserve user anonymity at the first system. The key may be used to generate aggregated data for the user that includes the first and second data and is associated with the common identifier. The aggregated data may be processed to determine the user as a candidate for an offer set. The common identifier for the user is included in a candidacy list for the offer set, and provided to the second system to facilitate request processing associated with the presentation of the offer set to candidate users.
Inventors: Kevin C. Wylie (Midlothian, Va.); David Shapiro (Arlington, Va.); Srinivas Rao Alaparthi (Elk Grove Village, Ill.); Kerry G. Fulcher (Chesapeake, Va.); Jorge Murillo (Midlothian, Va.); Daljeet Singh Sarna (Aldie, Va.); Martin W. Dewey (Sandy Hook, Va.); Tony George (Clarksburg, Md.): Manish Srivastava (Glen Allen, Va.); Morgan Organt (Washington, D.C.); Susanne Edmunds (Henrico, Va.); Benjamin Thomas Jones (Midlothian, Va.); Kevin P. Gleaton (Lake Zurich, Ill.); Taylor Li (Cleveland, Ohio); Ramachandra Kancharla (Glen Allen, Va.); Deepak Kumar Soni (Chantilly, Va.); Kaushik Vakharia (Naperville, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Compostable Paperboard Structure And Method For Manufacturing The Same
Patent 12084814
A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major side and a second major side opposed from the first major side, and a coating layer on the first major side, the coating layer includes a polymer and talc, wherein the polymer includes at least one of poly(butylene succinate) and poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate).
Inventors: Chitai C. Yang (Mechanicsville, Va.); Rahul Bhardwaj (Glen Allen, Va.); Chester E. Alkiewicz (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For Asynchronous And Synchronous Network Communication
Patent No. 12088677
In some aspects, a methods and systems may combine asynchronous and synchronous messaging infrastructure such that a single system can send messages both asynchronously and synchronously when needed. A system may implement an asynchronous system that is able to determine whether a message should be sent asynchronously or synchronously. If a message is to be sent synchronously, the asynchronous system may emulate a synchronous system by holding a network connection open and/or removing a default callback uniform resource locator (URL) from a data structure used in sending the message.
Inventor: Brenton Strickler (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Water Purification System
Patent No. 12083454
A water purification system includes: a housing; a reservoir mounted to the housing and configured to hold and provide unfiltered water to the housing; a dispensing spout mounted to the housing and configured to dispense filtered water; and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes: a filter unit with an inlet fluidly connected with the reservoir, and the outlet fluidly connected with the dispensing spout; a filter receptacle configured to connect the filter unit inlet with the reservoir and the filter unit outlet with the dispensing spout; and a locking yoke. The locking yoke is configured to move between a locked position, in which the locking yoke engages the filter unit and retains the filter unit in the receptacle, and an unlocked position, in which the locking yoke disengages from the filter unit to enable the filter unit to be removed from the receptacle.
Inventor: Mark K. Romandy (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Automated Persistence Of Label Information Associated With A Document
Patent No. 12086173
In some implementations, a labeling device may determine a label value associated with a label of the document that is associated with a first application. The labeling device may generate a label map that includes an indication of a key-value pair associated with the label value. The labeling device may write, based on the key-value pair associated with the label value, the label value to one or more file properties associated with the document, or may add, based on the key-value pair associated with the label value, the label value as content associated with the document. The label value may persist with the document based on transferring the document from the first application to a second application.
Inventors: Sarvani Kare (Clarksville, Md.); Yifan Guo (Katy, Texas); Ada Musheyev (South Richmond Hill, N.Y.); Ramachandra Kancharla (Glen Allen, Va.); Kumar Venu Nannapaneni (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Kandula (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Methods And Systems For Monitoring Computing Processes
Patent No. 12086044
Disclosed are methods and systems for monitoring a computing process. For instance, the method may include: receiving a rules file including a set of rules for monitoring the computing process; receiving a configuration file for processing the rules file; retrieving a data set including a plurality of records associated with the computing process based on one or more sources of data included in the received configuration file; filtering the retrieved data set by applying one or more filter queries included in the received configuration file to the retrieved data set; applying the set of rules included in the received rules file to the filtered data set; and generating an output indicating results of applying the set of rules to the filtered data set.
Inventors: Mark Mabry (Glen Allen, Va.); Richard Shi (Henrico, Va.); Arindam Chakraborty (Glen Allen, Va.); Thomas Hayghe (Amelia, Va.); Sovon Nath (Glen Allen, Va.); Naresh Adhikari (Glen Allen, Va.); Aniket Sinkar (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For Online Control Of Volatized Chemical Treatment Solutions In Boiler Systems
Patent No. 12078348
Systems and methods for applying a volatized chemical treatment solution to a combustion chamber in a boiler system while the system is online. The method includes measuring a combustion parameter, determining in real time a dosage of the volatized chemical treatment solution based on the measured combustion parameter, and applying the volatized chemical treatment solution to the combustion chamber based on the determined dosage.
Inventors: Kevin Boudreaux (Sioux Falls, S. Dak.); Donald C. Roe (Willow, N.Y.)
Assignee: Chemtreat (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Automatic Segmentation Using Hierarchical Timeseries Analysis
Patent No. 12079375
Methods and systems are disclosed for using a feature hierarchy with multiple levels with a different number of features at different levels to segment a dataset. The mechanism may use the first level of the hierarchy to segment a dataset into multiple datasets and then generate a timeseries dataset for each segment. Those timeseries datasets may be input into an anomaly detection model to identify a number of anomalies detected within those segments. Based on the number of anomalies not reaching a threshold, a second level of the hierarchy may be used to segment the dataset. Those segments may be input into the anomaly detection model to determine a number of anomalies for the second level. This process may continue until a level of the hierarchy is determined such that the number of anomalies reaches the threshold. The mechanism may then generate a security rule to deal with the anomalies.
Inventors: Dam Beauregard (Powhatan, Va.); Michal Hyrc (McLean, Va.); Peter Gaspare Terrana (Mechanicsville, Va.); Vannia Gonzalez Macias (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services
Sept. 3, 2024
Continuous Scheduling For Automated Suspension And Resumption Of Cloud Resources
Patent No. 12081397
In some implementations, a scheduling system may receive a scheduling tag to define a custom schedule that includes one or more downtime windows for a cloud resource over a scheduling period. The scheduling system may determine a regular continuous schedule for the cloud resource that recurs over multiple scheduling periods based on the one or more downtime windows defined in the scheduling tag. The scheduling system may determine at a current scan time, whether a target state for the cloud resource is a running state or a suspended state based on the one or more uptime windows and the one or more downtime windows included in the regular continuous schedule. The scheduling system may align a current state of the cloud resource with the target state.
Inventors: Clayton Mottley (Alexandria, Va.); Loreeg Tramblian (Glen Allen, Va.); Cameron Mayes (Alexandria, Va.); Amy Ann Maxwell (Henrico, Va.); Kevin Ho (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Torrance Graham (York, Penn.); Robert Wright (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Methods And Systems For Cyber Threat Detection Using Artificial Intelligence Models In Data-sparse Environments
Patent No. 12088605
Methods and systems comprising a first portion of a model that includes a model component that is trained to perform sentiment analysis based on training data for a plurality of users (e.g., what language, phrases, and/or responses the population at large uses). The first portion of the model also includes a model component that is trained to identify user intent based on the sentiment analysis that is specific to user groups. For example, the system first determines the likely context and/or meaning of communications of the user. The system then determines a likely intent of the user based on the likely context and/or meaning of communications (e.g., based on a correlation of the meaning of communications of the user and the intents of users corresponding to a user group of the user).
Inventors: Farshid Marbouti (San Jose, Calif.); Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Walnut Creek, Calif.); Sarvani Kare (Clarksville, Md.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (Fairfax, Va.); Daniel Liu (Palo Alto, Calif.); Patrick Sofo (Arlington, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform Having Configurable Microservices
Patent 12086184
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Access Control Systems And Methods For Automatically Assigning Roles
Patent No. 12081555
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to receive user profile data for a plurality of users and user activity data associated with each user. The system may generate user access data based on the user profile data and user activity data. The system may generate a plurality of clusters including one or more users. The system may identify an access control permission that is common to a predetermined number of users within a cluster. The system may identify a user within the cluster that lacks the access control permission. The system may calculate a similarity measurement between the user access data of the user and the predetermined number of users. The system may automatically grant the access control permission in response to the similarity measurement exceeding a predetermined threshold.
Inventors: Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher Camenares (Watertown, Mass.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (San Diego, Calif.); Vincent Pham (Seattle, Wash.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Substituted Imidazoles For The Inhibition Of TGF-? And Methods Of Treatment
Patent No. 12077548
This disclosure relates to low molecular weight substituted imidazoles that inhibit the TGF-b signaling pathway. More specifically, this disclosure relates to methods of using said imidazoles for the treatment of diseases related to the TGF-b signaling pathways including, but not limited to, atherosclerosis, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, obesity, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, keratoconus, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, chronic kidney disease, and scleroderma.
Inventors: J. Scott Sawyer (Placitas, N.M.)
Assignee: Clavius Pharmaceuticals (Wilmington, Del.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Orchestrator And Interconnection Fabric Mapper For A Virtual Wireless Base Station
Patent No. 12089071
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)
Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates (Liverpool, N.Y.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Water Purification System
Patent No. 12083454
A water purification system includes: a housing; a reservoir mounted to the housing and configured to hold and provide unfiltered water to the housing; a dispensing spout mounted to the housing and configured to dispense filtered water; and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes: a filter unit with an inlet fluidly connected with the reservoir, and the outlet fluidly connected with the dispensing spout; a filter receptacle configured to connect the filter unit inlet with the reservoir and the filter unit outlet with the dispensing spout; and a locking yoke. The locking yoke is configured to move between a locked position, in which the locking yoke engages the filter unit and retains the filter unit in the receptacle, and an unlocked position, in which the locking yoke disengages from the filter unit to enable the filter unit to be removed from the receptacle.
Inventor: Mark K. Romandy (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: Brita LP (Neuchatel, Switzerland) & Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Method For Making A Composite Material
Patent No. 12084797
A hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven has a first substantially planar surface on one side thereof and a second surface on an opposite side thereof. The second surface includes a plurality of protuberances in a pattern. The hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web has an average loft of at least about 1.3 times greater than an original average loft of an original unexpanded spun bonded nonwoven web from which the hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web was created and an air permeability of at least about 1.2 times greater than an original air permeability of the original unexpanded spun bonded nonwoven web. The hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web includes bicomponent fibers combining a polymer with PLA in a ratio of polymer/PLA within a range of about 20/80 to 80/20.
Inventors: Andrew D. Maschino (Paris, Ill.); Michael Estel Fisher (Rosedale, Ind.); John Richard Renner (Marshall, Ill.); Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Va.); Jesse B. Schalburg (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Assignee: Fitesa Film Products (Simpsonville, S.C.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Predictive Control System And Method For Brown Washing Treatment In Pulp Mills
Patent No. 12077911
A system and method are provided for predictive control of brown stock treatment at a pulp mill. Various online sensors generate output signals representative of actual values for respective process characteristics, each of which are directly or indirectly affected by adjustments to corresponding process variables. A controller uses the output signals or associated measurement data to dynamically set target values for the process characteristics based on a predicted impact of control responses for corresponding process variables. The controller further generates control signals to actuators associated with the respective process variables based on detected variations between the respective actual values and target values. Exemplary brown stock washing control systems may optimize various types of brown stock washing configurations, including for example vacuum drum washers, compaction baffle washers, chemiwashers, direct displacement washers and wash presses. Cloud-based analytics and machine learning may also be implemented to improve the control algorithms over time.
Inventors: Mark D. Schroen (Moseley, Va.); Sergio Arreola (Pearland, Texas); Robert Brian White (Collierville, Tenn.); Richard Lusk (Nesbit, Mass.); Nate Brandeburg (Memphis, Tenn.)
Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International (Memphis, Tenn.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Storage Analysis And Management
Patent No. 12087005
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for storage analysis and management using computer vision techniques. An imaging device may capture a series of images of a plurality of containers. The series of images may be analyzed by a classification model to determine a current capacity of each container. When the classification model determines that a current capacity of a container(s) satisfies a threshold(s), at least one remedial action may be performed.
Inventors: Whitney Ann Gregory (Midlothian, Va.); Hemanth Bandi (Richmond); Dan Li (Tallahassee, Fla.); Devang Dhaka (Richmond); Anshul Kumar (Ashburn, Va.)
Assignee: McKesson Corp. (Irving, Texas)
Sept. 10, 2024
Rotatable Drum And Method And System Using The Same For The Automated Production Of E-vapor Devices
Patent No. 12082622
A rotating drum for use in manufacturing vapor-generating articles may include a drum body. A plurality of grooves may be disposed in an outer face of the drum body. A seat may be tractably-mounted in each one of the plurality of grooves. The seat may include a seat groove that is structured and arranged to receive and hold a rigid casing of a vapor-generating article. The seat may be composed of a material that is softer than a material of the rigid casing.
Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.); Martin T. Garthaffner (Richmond); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Nicotine E-vaping Section, And Nicotine E-vaping Device Including Nicotine E-vaping Section
Patent No. 12082603
The nicotine e-vaping section includes a housing, a wick in a chamber defined within the housing, a heater in heating proximity to the wick and a reservoir configured to contain a nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the nicotine pre-vapor formulation including nicotine. The nicotine e-vaping section defines at least one first channel, the at least one first channel being configured to communicate the nicotine pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the wick. The nicotine e-vaping section further defines at least one first air passage, the at least one first air passage being configured to allow air to enter the reservoir. The nicotine e-vaping device includes the nicotine e-vaping section.
Inventors: Isaac Weigensberg (Richmond); Greg Kunin (Rehovot, Israel); David Rubli (Revava, Israel); Bernard G. Juster (Netanya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 14, 2024
Electronic Vaping Devices
Patent No. 12082619
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.
Inventor: Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Method And Apparatus For Identifying, Authenticating, Tracking And Tracing Manufactured Items
Patent No. 12086751
A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container. There is also provided methods and apparatus for authenticating, tracking and tracing the units.
Inventors: Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switzerland); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switzerland); Philippe Chatelain (Chavornay, Switzerland); Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Cartridge For Pump-operated Aerosol-generating System
Patent No. 12082617
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may include a reservoir configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an atomizer assembly configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a pump configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir to the atomizer assembly. The reservoir may include a substantially rigid housing and an inlet valve that is configured to allow air into the reservoir based on a pressure difference between an interior of the housing and an exterior of the housing exceeding a threshold pressure difference. This improves the reliability and efficiency of delivery of liquid to the wick. The system may further include a robust reservoir that is configured to at least partially mitigate liquid leakage between the reservoir interior and the reservoir exterior.
Inventors: Ben Bright (Gloucestershire, Great Britain); Ben Mazur (Bristol, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Nicotine Lozenge
Patent No. 12083110
A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150? C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); Williams J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Cartridge Including A Liquid Storage Portion With A Flexible Wall
Patent No. 12089300
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 10, 2024
Polymeric Aerogel Composite And Synthesis By Ambient And Freeze-drying
Patent No. 12077642
Polymeric aerogels, articles made from the polymeric aerogels and methods of making the polymeric aerogels are provided. The aerogels are made e.g. from crosslinkable monomers such as isocyanate monomers or phenolic monomers and a filler comprising crosslinkable hydroxyl groups. The filler may be natural (e.g. wood flour) or synthetic. The aerogels and products made therefrom exhibit low thermal conductivity and are mechanically strong. Due to their physical properties, these materials are used as e.g. building envelope components, such as walls, roofs and frames, to improve the thermal performance thereof, and may be used in a variety of other applications such as sound and insulation barriers in mechanical equipment, cryogenic containers, etc.
Inventors: Massimo Bertino (Glen Allen, Va.); Sylwia Czlonka (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
Tobacco Plants Comprising Reduced Nicotine And Reduced Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines
Patent No. 12077765
The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing nicotine. Also provided are tobacco plants with decreased tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). The present disclosure further provides modified tobacco plants with low nicotine and increased antioxidant capacity. Further provided are tobacco plants or material with low nicotine and low TSNAs. Also provided is cured tobacco material of the tobacco plants provided herein and tobacco products comprising this cured tobacco material.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); James A. Strickland (Virginia Beach, Va.); Lusso de Godoy (Chesterfield, Va.); Fernando Marcos (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
System, Method, And Apparatus For Ameliorating Deposits In Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems For The Reduction Of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions In Steam Methane Reformers
Patent No. 12076683
A system, method, and apparatus for ameliorating deposits in selective catalytic reduction systems for the reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions in steam methane reformers. The system includes positioning a dual stage refractory particulate (RP) filter placed in an upstream airflow from a Selective Catalytic Reduction System (SCRS). The first stage is formed of a perforated steel plate with a second stage formed of a wire mesh screen. The system may employ air cannons to clean each of the first stage and the second stages.
Inventors: Jefferson Landers Shelton (Jacksonville, Ala.); Mark Braithwaite Jr. (Richmond); Jan Albert Schutte (Midlothian, Va.); Morgan Watson (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Integrated Global Services (Richmond)
Sept. 3, 2024
Centralized Platform For Processing Artifacts Of Distributed Entities
Patent No. 12079359
Centralized artifacts systems and methods for processing artifacts of distributed entities are disclosed. The centralized artifacts system receives a set of artifact-input data associated with the artifacts of the distributed entities. An artifact suggestions generator can generate artifact hierarchies using the artifact-input data. Artifact hierarchies can include categorical containers, tile elements, artifact fields, and suggested task blocks. An artifact collection interface can display the artifact hierarchies to entities and receive, from the entities, a new set of artifact-input data associated with the completion of the artifact hierarchies. Using the new set of artifact-input data, the centralized artifacts system performs updates to the artifact hierarchies such as modifying the existing artifact hierarchies or generating new artifact hierarchies.
Inventors: Daniel McCool (Richmond); Daniel Kushner (Novato, Calif.); Nathaniel Robinson (San Francisco, Calif.)
Assignee: Trustworthy Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Predictive Remediation Action System
Patent No. 12081562
Aspects described herein may use machine learning models to predict one or more remediation actions to mitigate occurrence of an incident based upon previous incidents of an entity. Asset ownership data and development operations tools metric data are compiled and a relationship between the compiled data and an occurrence of previous incidents is determined. A machine learning model predicts relationships between the occurrence of a previous incident and assets data. One or more remediation actions are assigned to an asset and a notification is outputted regarding the same.
Inventors: Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.); David Walter Peters (Richmond); Keith D. Greene (Mechanicsville, Va.); Catherine Barnes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Systems And Methods For Candidacy Determinations And Request Processing While Maintaining User Data Anonymity
Patent No. 12086288
A first system may receive first data of a user associated with a first identifier and second data of the user associated with a second identifier that exclude user identifying information from a first and second data source, respectively. A key may be received from a second system that associates the first and second identifier with a common identifier generated to preserve user anonymity at the first system. The key may be used to generate aggregated data for the user that includes the first and second data and is associated with the common identifier. The aggregated data may be processed to determine the user as a candidate for an offer set. The common identifier for the user is included in a candidacy list for the offer set, and provided to the second system to facilitate request processing associated with the presentation of the offer set to candidate users.
Inventors: Kevin C. Wylie (Midlothian, Va.); David Shapiro (Arlington, Va.); Srinivas Rao Alaparthi (Elk Grove Village, Ill.); Kerry G. Fulcher (Chesapeake, Va.); Jorge Murillo (Midlothian, Va.); Daljeet Singh Sarna (Aldie, Va.); Martin W. Dewey (Sandy Hook, Va.); Tony George (Clarksburg, Md.): Manish Srivastava (Glen Allen, Va.); Morgan Organt (Washington, D.C.); Susanne Edmunds (Henrico, Va.); Benjamin Thomas Jones (Midlothian, Va.); Kevin P. Gleaton (Lake Zurich, Ill.); Taylor Li (Cleveland, Ohio); Ramachandra Kancharla (Glen Allen, Va.); Deepak Kumar Soni (Chantilly, Va.); Kaushik Vakharia (Naperville, Ill.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Compostable Paperboard Structure And Method For Manufacturing The Same
Patent 12084814
A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major side and a second major side opposed from the first major side, and a coating layer on the first major side, the coating layer includes a polymer and talc, wherein the polymer includes at least one of poly(butylene succinate) and poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate).
Inventors: Chitai C. Yang (Mechanicsville, Va.); Rahul Bhardwaj (Glen Allen, Va.); Chester E. Alkiewicz (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For Asynchronous And Synchronous Network Communication
Patent No. 12088677
In some aspects, a methods and systems may combine asynchronous and synchronous messaging infrastructure such that a single system can send messages both asynchronously and synchronously when needed. A system may implement an asynchronous system that is able to determine whether a message should be sent asynchronously or synchronously. If a message is to be sent synchronously, the asynchronous system may emulate a synchronous system by holding a network connection open and/or removing a default callback uniform resource locator (URL) from a data structure used in sending the message.
Inventor: Brenton Strickler (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Water Purification System
Patent No. 12083454
A water purification system includes: a housing; a reservoir mounted to the housing and configured to hold and provide unfiltered water to the housing; a dispensing spout mounted to the housing and configured to dispense filtered water; and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes: a filter unit with an inlet fluidly connected with the reservoir, and the outlet fluidly connected with the dispensing spout; a filter receptacle configured to connect the filter unit inlet with the reservoir and the filter unit outlet with the dispensing spout; and a locking yoke. The locking yoke is configured to move between a locked position, in which the locking yoke engages the filter unit and retains the filter unit in the receptacle, and an unlocked position, in which the locking yoke disengages from the filter unit to enable the filter unit to be removed from the receptacle.
Inventor: Mark K. Romandy (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Automated Persistence Of Label Information Associated With A Document
Patent No. 12086173
In some implementations, a labeling device may determine a label value associated with a label of the document that is associated with a first application. The labeling device may generate a label map that includes an indication of a key-value pair associated with the label value. The labeling device may write, based on the key-value pair associated with the label value, the label value to one or more file properties associated with the document, or may add, based on the key-value pair associated with the label value, the label value as content associated with the document. The label value may persist with the document based on transferring the document from the first application to a second application.
Inventors: Sarvani Kare (Clarksville, Md.); Yifan Guo (Katy, Texas); Ada Musheyev (South Richmond Hill, N.Y.); Ramachandra Kancharla (Glen Allen, Va.); Kumar Venu Nannapaneni (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Kandula (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Methods And Systems For Monitoring Computing Processes
Patent No. 12086044
Disclosed are methods and systems for monitoring a computing process. For instance, the method may include: receiving a rules file including a set of rules for monitoring the computing process; receiving a configuration file for processing the rules file; retrieving a data set including a plurality of records associated with the computing process based on one or more sources of data included in the received configuration file; filtering the retrieved data set by applying one or more filter queries included in the received configuration file to the retrieved data set; applying the set of rules included in the received rules file to the filtered data set; and generating an output indicating results of applying the set of rules to the filtered data set.
Inventors: Mark Mabry (Glen Allen, Va.); Richard Shi (Henrico, Va.); Arindam Chakraborty (Glen Allen, Va.); Thomas Hayghe (Amelia, Va.); Sovon Nath (Glen Allen, Va.); Naresh Adhikari (Glen Allen, Va.); Aniket Sinkar (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For Online Control Of Volatized Chemical Treatment Solutions In Boiler Systems
Patent No. 12078348
Systems and methods for applying a volatized chemical treatment solution to a combustion chamber in a boiler system while the system is online. The method includes measuring a combustion parameter, determining in real time a dosage of the volatized chemical treatment solution based on the measured combustion parameter, and applying the volatized chemical treatment solution to the combustion chamber based on the determined dosage.
Inventors: Kevin Boudreaux (Sioux Falls, S. Dak.); Donald C. Roe (Willow, N.Y.)
Assignee: Chemtreat (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Automatic Segmentation Using Hierarchical Timeseries Analysis
Patent No. 12079375
Methods and systems are disclosed for using a feature hierarchy with multiple levels with a different number of features at different levels to segment a dataset. The mechanism may use the first level of the hierarchy to segment a dataset into multiple datasets and then generate a timeseries dataset for each segment. Those timeseries datasets may be input into an anomaly detection model to identify a number of anomalies detected within those segments. Based on the number of anomalies not reaching a threshold, a second level of the hierarchy may be used to segment the dataset. Those segments may be input into the anomaly detection model to determine a number of anomalies for the second level. This process may continue until a level of the hierarchy is determined such that the number of anomalies reaches the threshold. The mechanism may then generate a security rule to deal with the anomalies.
Inventors: Dam Beauregard (Powhatan, Va.); Michal Hyrc (McLean, Va.); Peter Gaspare Terrana (Mechanicsville, Va.); Vannia Gonzalez Macias (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services
Sept. 3, 2024
Continuous Scheduling For Automated Suspension And Resumption Of Cloud Resources
Patent No. 12081397
In some implementations, a scheduling system may receive a scheduling tag to define a custom schedule that includes one or more downtime windows for a cloud resource over a scheduling period. The scheduling system may determine a regular continuous schedule for the cloud resource that recurs over multiple scheduling periods based on the one or more downtime windows defined in the scheduling tag. The scheduling system may determine at a current scan time, whether a target state for the cloud resource is a running state or a suspended state based on the one or more uptime windows and the one or more downtime windows included in the regular continuous schedule. The scheduling system may align a current state of the cloud resource with the target state.
Inventors: Clayton Mottley (Alexandria, Va.); Loreeg Tramblian (Glen Allen, Va.); Cameron Mayes (Alexandria, Va.); Amy Ann Maxwell (Henrico, Va.); Kevin Ho (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Torrance Graham (York, Penn.); Robert Wright (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Methods And Systems For Cyber Threat Detection Using Artificial Intelligence Models In Data-sparse Environments
Patent No. 12088605
Methods and systems comprising a first portion of a model that includes a model component that is trained to perform sentiment analysis based on training data for a plurality of users (e.g., what language, phrases, and/or responses the population at large uses). The first portion of the model also includes a model component that is trained to identify user intent based on the sentiment analysis that is specific to user groups. For example, the system first determines the likely context and/or meaning of communications of the user. The system then determines a likely intent of the user based on the likely context and/or meaning of communications (e.g., based on a correlation of the meaning of communications of the user and the intents of users corresponding to a user group of the user).
Inventors: Farshid Marbouti (San Jose, Calif.); Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Walnut Creek, Calif.); Sarvani Kare (Clarksville, Md.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (Fairfax, Va.); Daniel Liu (Palo Alto, Calif.); Patrick Sofo (Arlington, Va.); Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform Having Configurable Microservices
Patent 12086184
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Access Control Systems And Methods For Automatically Assigning Roles
Patent No. 12081555
A system including: one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors are configured to cause the system to receive user profile data for a plurality of users and user activity data associated with each user. The system may generate user access data based on the user profile data and user activity data. The system may generate a plurality of clusters including one or more users. The system may identify an access control permission that is common to a predetermined number of users within a cluster. The system may identify a user within the cluster that lacks the access control permission. The system may calculate a similarity measurement between the user access data of the user and the predetermined number of users. The system may automatically grant the access control permission in response to the similarity measurement exceeding a predetermined threshold.
Inventors: Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher Camenares (Watertown, Mass.); Nahid Farhady Ghalaty (San Diego, Calif.); Vincent Pham (Seattle, Wash.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Substituted Imidazoles For The Inhibition Of TGF-? And Methods Of Treatment
Patent No. 12077548
This disclosure relates to low molecular weight substituted imidazoles that inhibit the TGF-b signaling pathway. More specifically, this disclosure relates to methods of using said imidazoles for the treatment of diseases related to the TGF-b signaling pathways including, but not limited to, atherosclerosis, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, obesity, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, keratoconus, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, chronic kidney disease, and scleroderma.
Inventors: J. Scott Sawyer (Placitas, N.M.)
Assignee: Clavius Pharmaceuticals (Wilmington, Del.)
Sept. 3, 2024
Orchestrator And Interconnection Fabric Mapper For A Virtual Wireless Base Station
Patent No. 12089071
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)
Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates (Liverpool, N.Y.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Water Purification System
Patent No. 12083454
A water purification system includes: a housing; a reservoir mounted to the housing and configured to hold and provide unfiltered water to the housing; a dispensing spout mounted to the housing and configured to dispense filtered water; and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes: a filter unit with an inlet fluidly connected with the reservoir, and the outlet fluidly connected with the dispensing spout; a filter receptacle configured to connect the filter unit inlet with the reservoir and the filter unit outlet with the dispensing spout; and a locking yoke. The locking yoke is configured to move between a locked position, in which the locking yoke engages the filter unit and retains the filter unit in the receptacle, and an unlocked position, in which the locking yoke disengages from the filter unit to enable the filter unit to be removed from the receptacle.
Inventor: Mark K. Romandy (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: Brita LP (Neuchatel, Switzerland) & Hamilton Beach Brands (Glen Allen, Va.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Method For Making A Composite Material
Patent No. 12084797
A hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven has a first substantially planar surface on one side thereof and a second surface on an opposite side thereof. The second surface includes a plurality of protuberances in a pattern. The hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web has an average loft of at least about 1.3 times greater than an original average loft of an original unexpanded spun bonded nonwoven web from which the hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web was created and an air permeability of at least about 1.2 times greater than an original air permeability of the original unexpanded spun bonded nonwoven web. The hydroformed expanded spun bonded nonwoven web includes bicomponent fibers combining a polymer with PLA in a ratio of polymer/PLA within a range of about 20/80 to 80/20.
Inventors: Andrew D. Maschino (Paris, Ill.); Michael Estel Fisher (Rosedale, Ind.); John Richard Renner (Marshall, Ill.); Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Va.); Jesse B. Schalburg (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Assignee: Fitesa Film Products (Simpsonville, S.C.)
Sept. 10, 2024
Predictive Control System And Method For Brown Washing Treatment In Pulp Mills
Patent No. 12077911
A system and method are provided for predictive control of brown stock treatment at a pulp mill. Various online sensors generate output signals representative of actual values for respective process characteristics, each of which are directly or indirectly affected by adjustments to corresponding process variables. A controller uses the output signals or associated measurement data to dynamically set target values for the process characteristics based on a predicted impact of control responses for corresponding process variables. The controller further generates control signals to actuators associated with the respective process variables based on detected variations between the respective actual values and target values. Exemplary brown stock washing control systems may optimize various types of brown stock washing configurations, including for example vacuum drum washers, compaction baffle washers, chemiwashers, direct displacement washers and wash presses. Cloud-based analytics and machine learning may also be implemented to improve the control algorithms over time.
Inventors: Mark D. Schroen (Moseley, Va.); Sergio Arreola (Pearland, Texas); Robert Brian White (Collierville, Tenn.); Richard Lusk (Nesbit, Mass.); Nate Brandeburg (Memphis, Tenn.)
Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International (Memphis, Tenn.)
Sept. 3, 2024