Automatically Evaluating Application Architecture Through Architecture-as-code
Patent No. 11790249
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for automatically generating a dynamic system context diagram based on machine-readable code. A method can include receiving, at a rules engine, machine-readable code describing interactions among a plurality of applications in software architecture, evaluating, with the rules engine in communication with a system of record (SoR), compliance of the interactions among the plurality of applications according to the SoR, identifying, with the rules engine, and based on compliance evaluation, one or more dependencies among the plurality of applications, generating, with an output engine, a system context diagram image comprising a graphical representation of the plurality of applications with associated interactions and dependencies, and outputting, for display, the system context diagram image.
Inventors: Zachary Blizzard (Sterling, Va.); Christopher Ocampo (Annandale, Va.); Tanusree McCabe (Washington, D.C.); Bradley Dellinger (Philadelphia, Penn.); Bita Akhlaghi (McLean, Va.); Francois Tur (Edgewater, Md.); Diego Norri (Arlington, Va.); Elizabeth Ashton (Arlington, Va.); Asa Britten (McLean, Va.); Jonathan Tran (Centreville, Va.); Natalia Noyes (Washington, D.C.); Keith Spaar (Arlington, Va.); Richard Dillon (Fairfax, Va.); Abhishek Ravi (Lakeland, Tenn.); Asher Gilani (Montville, N.J.); Daniel Tran (McLean, Va.); Claude Reyes (Sterling, Va.); Blair Christopher (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 17, 2023
Hydraulic Fluid
Patent No. 11788026
The present invention provides a hydraulic fluid comprising: (a) 40 to 2000 ppm by weight in terms of nitrogen content of a corrosion inhibiting agent which is one or more compounds of formula (I): ##STR00001## and/or tribologically acceptable salts thereof, wherein in formula (I): each R.sup.1 is independently a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, x is 0 to 4, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is —NR.sup.5R.sup.6 or —OR.sup.7, each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is independently an aryl group comprising 6 to 14 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.7 is a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in each of said hydrocarbyl groups containing 2 or more carbon atoms, the carbon chain may, independently, optionally be interrupted by one or more ether groups; (b) 0.1 to 1% by weight of an ashless dispersant; and (c) a major amount of a base oil.
Inventors: Helen Dyer (Bracknell, Great Britain); Jason Bell (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 18, 2023
Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices Including Intra-draw Heater Control, And Methods Of Controlling A Heater
Patent No. 11798476
At least one example embodiment provides s system for controlling a heater in a non-combustible aerosol-generating device. The system comprises a memory storing computer-readable instructions and a controller configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the non-combustible aerosol-generating device to, detect an airflow in the non-combustible aerosol-generating device, apply a first power to the heater based on the detected airflow, apply a second power to the heater based on a target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below an airflow threshold value, the application of the second power being after the application of the first power, and apply a third power to the heater based on the target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below the airflow threshold value, the application of the third power being after the application of the second power, the third power being greater than the second power.
Inventors: Zack W. Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 18, 2023
Heat-sealable Paperboard Structures And Associated Paperboard-based Containers
Patent No. 11787592
A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major side and a second major side, a barrier coating layer on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, a top coat on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, wherein the barrier coating layer is positioned between the paperboard substrate and the top coat, and a heat-sealable barrier coating layer on the second major side of the paperboard substrate.
Inventors: Jiebin Pang (Glen Allen, Va.); Natasha G. Melton (Richmond); Steven Parker (Raleigh, N.C.); Teresa Krug (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Electrical Grid Control Systems And Methods Using Dynamically Mapped Effective Impedance
Patent No. 11791655
An electric power control system and methods are described herein in which a determined effective impedance between a first sensor and a second sensor is determined and instructions to an adjusting device based on the determined effective impedance are provided. In one example a controller is configured to determine at least one component of the supplied electric power at the plurality of sensors based on a determined effective impedance. In another example, a controller is configured to determine at least one estimated component of the supplied electric power based on the determined effective impedance. In another example, a controller is configured to compare one or more comparison variables from a first time period to one or more comparison variables of a second time period.
Inventors: Abhineet H. Parchure (Richmond); Stephen J. Tyler (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Dominion Energy (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
High Performance Cantilever Fan
Patent No. 11788559
A cantilever fan including a blade and a blade permanent magnet. The blade is clamped at one end to a base and has a distal end which is free to oscillate with distal end having the largest swept displacement of any portion of the blade. The blade extends from the clamped end to the distal end. The blade permanent magnet is attached only to the blade at a point along the blade’s length and is free to move with the blade. The fan includes a stationary permanent magnet attached only to the base. The respective locations and relative orientation of the blade permanent magnet and stationary magnet result in a repulsive magnetic force between the blade permanent magnet and stationary magnet. The fan is configured so that the repulsive force increases as the blade’s deflection brings the blade permanent magnet closer to the stationary magnet.
Inventor: Timothy S. Lucas (Liberty Lake, Wash.)
Assignee: NeoFan (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Including A Cartridge Containing A Gel
Patent No. 11792894
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a first chamber housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber housing defining a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber. The first chamber may contain an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel, and the second chamber may contain a source of a desired compound. The first and second chamber housings may be separate or separable structures.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switz.); Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Capsule Clusters For Oral Consumption
Patent No. 11785973
An oral product includes a matrix including a mixture of a plurality of capsules, a powdered component, a viscous component and a binder and wherein the matrix is molded into a shape. In a preferred embodiment, the capsules provide functional and flavorful ingredients. In an embodiment, the matrix is enclosed in a porous material that forms a pouch.
Inventors: Danielle R. Crawford (Chester, Va.); Shon Gedevani (Richmond); William R. Sweeney (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Device And Method For Sterilizing And Storage Of Laboratory Consumables
Patent No. 11786617
A method of sterilizing and storing laboratory consumables comprises slidably receiving a carrier holding a plurality of laboratory consumables into each of one or more of a plurality of storage compartments within an interior chamber defined in a housing, exposing the plurality of laboratory consumables to ultraviolet (UV) light from a UV lamp positioned above each respective storage compartment and from a UV lamp positioned below each respective storage compartment, determining from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed based on for which carrier a longest period of time has elapsed since going through a predefined sterilization procedure, and indicating to a user into which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be placed or indicating to a user from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed.
Inventors: Ali Safavi (Richmond); Thomas Patrick Finnigan (Richmond)
Assignee: Grenova (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Anti-IGFBP-3R Antibodies And Methods Of Treating An IGFBP-3R Expressing Cancer
Patent No. 11786585
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 receptor (IGFBP-3R) agonists and methods of their use to treat diseases involving IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R are provided. The agonists may be antibodies or other molecules specific for binding to and activating IGFBP-3R. The agonists are used to treat e.g. cancer, metabolic syndrome and obstructive respiratory disorders. In addition, methods of diagnosing cancer and predicting the chance of recurrence, metastasis and/or survival by measuring the level of IGFBP-3R in tumor tissue are provided.
Inventors: Youngman Oh (Glen Allen, Va.); Qing Cai (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Vaporizer Assembly For E-vaping Device
Patent No 11785989
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Engine Oil Formulation With Improved Sequence VIII Performance
Patent No. 11788027
A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; an amount of one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol; an amount of one or more boron-containing dispersant(s); wherein a ratio of the amount of the one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition, to an amount of boron in weight percent provided by the one or more boron-containing dispersant(s), based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition is less than 40. The lubricating oil composition has improved corrosion performance in an engine or other mechanical components lubricated with the lubricating oil.
Inventors: Todd Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.); Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mark Devlin (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Low-shedding Aramid Paper Containing Mica
Patent No. 11788234
An aramid paper suitable for use as electrical insulation comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer, each of which comprising 70 to 30 weight percent aramid floc and 30 to 70 weight percent aramid fibrids, and each of which being free of mica and having a first face and a second face; an inner layer comprising 50 to 70 weight percent aramid material and 30 to 50 weight percent mica and having a first face and a second face; wherein the first face of the first outer layer is a first outer face of the aramid paper, and the second face of the first outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the first face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the first outer layer and the inner layer; and wherein the first face of the second outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the second face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the second outer layer and the inner layer, and the second face of the second outer layer is a second outer face of the aramid paper; the aramid paper having a total of 25 to 40 weight percent mica.
Inventors: Chris Dembrosky (Richmond); Roger Curtis Wicks (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Systems And Methods For Data Transmission Using Contactless Cards
Patent No 11790187
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card and a receiving application are provided. The transmitting device may include a processor, memory, and communication interface. A receiving application may include instructions for execution on a receiving device having a processor, a memory, a communication interface configured to create a communication field for data communication with the transmitting device, and one or more sensors. Upon movement of the transmitting device, the receiving application is configured to receive, via one or more sensors, feedback information associated with the transmitting device, display one or more instructions regarding the position of the transmitting device relative to the receiving device until the transmitting device enters the communication field. Upon entry into the communication field, the transmitting device is configured to transmit data to the receiving device.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Daniel Herrington (New York, N.Y.); Colin Hart (Arlington, Va.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.); Melissa Heng (Glen Allen, Va.); Rajko Illncic (Annandale, Va.); Jason Ji (Reston, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Generating Test Accounts In A Code-testing Environment
Patent No 11789852
Systems, media, and methods for automatically generating test accounts using a test account generator are disclosed. Responsive to an indication of a selection of a product of interest from among a list of products, fields of information corresponding to the selected product, as well as enabling the testing of the test account, are generated. Permission to access a plurality of servers containing data corresponding to the fields of information is requested. Responsive to permissions to access the plurality of servers being granted, a test data set including data corresponding to the fields of information is produced and transmitted to the test account generator. Upon receiving the test data set, the included data is populated into corresponding fields of information to generate the test account.
Inventors: Neeraj Sharma (Glen Allen, Va.); Jeffrey A. Tyree (Powhatan, Va.); Andrew Troy Hartwell (Prosper, Texas); Siwatm Piyasirisilp (Herndon, Va.); Suresh Vadigi (Kennett Square, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Wireless Devices For Storing A Financial Account Card And Methods For Storing Card Data In A Wireless Device
Patent No. 11790366
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions causing a processor to generate a menu displaying representations of a plurality of cards, the cards having associated card data; receive, from a user input device, a selection corresponding to a selected one of the cards; update the menu to display a representation of the selection; and authorize transmission of the card data associated with the selected card to complete a transaction.
Inventor: Gregory Gannon (Montpelier, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Systems And Methods For Generating Web Pages For Database Search And Search Engine Optimization
Patent No. 11797616
Examples relate to systems and methods for dynamically generating web pages for displaying database items based on metadata included in network URL requests. Some examples disclosed herein may enable receiving a URL comprising a plurality of segments, comparing each segment of the plurality of segments to known segment values, identifying, based on the comparison, searchable segments and one or more searchable categories for the searchable segments, independent of the order of the searchable segments within the URL, determining a search pattern based on the searchable segments and searchable segment categories, performing an inventory search based on the search pattern to return a list one or more inventory items, building web page metadata items based on the search pattern, and generating a web page comprising the web page metadata items and the list of inventory items.
Inventor: Chris Ferguson (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: CarMax Business Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Lubricating Composition For Industrial Gear Fluids
Patent No. 11795412
A gear fluid composition for lubricating a driveline including a combination of short-chain polysulfide and long-chain polysulfide extreme pressure agents to minimize sulfur loss and to maintain high extreme pressure performance.
Inventors: David Edwards (Richmond); Helen Ryan (Sheen, Great Britain)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Method And Apparatus For Storage Of Data For Manufactured Items
Patent No. 11797512
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for storing data for a batch of manufactured items. The method comprises defining in a processor, using a lower limit identifier and an upper limit identifier, a range of unique item identifiers for the batch, wherein each manufactured item in the batch is allocated a unique item identifier falling within the range. The item identifiers are stored in allocated storage space. If an upper limit identifier is specified for each time interval, an amount of storage specified for all manufactured items during a production time period is calculated as a sum of a first product and a second product, the first product being a product of a production time and a size allocated to each upper limit identifier, and the second product being a product of the production time, a total number of manufactured items, and a percentage of unused identifiers.
Inventors: Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switz.); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switz.); Patrick Mauroux (Ursy, Switz.); Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switz.); Philippe Chatelain (Chavornay, Switz.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Heating Engine Control Algorithm For Nicotine E-vapor Device
Patent No. 11793237
A method of controlling a heater of a nicotine e-vapor device includes detecting, from a removable pod included in the nicotine e-vapor device, power information indicating a first power level and a second power level; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by determining a first amount of power based on the first power level, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second power level, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power.
Inventors: Niall Gallagher (Richmond); William Wykeham (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.); Terry Bache (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Gas-based Material Compression And Portioning
Patent No. 11794436
An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.
Inventors: Thien Nguyen (Glen Allen, Va.); Sean Sundberg (Richmond); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic (Richmond); Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Christopher R. Newcomb (Richmond); Robert V. Powell Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Gregory L. Nelson (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Polymer-laminated Metal Lid
Patent No. 11794450
At least some example embodiments relate to a container including a body and a lid. The body includes a base, a side wall, and an interior region at least partially defined by the base and the side wall. The lid includes a lid wall and a skirt that extends from a periphery of the lid wall. The skirt engages the body to retain the lid on the body. The skirt cooperates with the lid wall to define a cavity. The lid is formed from a laminate including a metal layer and a polymer layer coupled to the metal layer. The polymer layer is disposed inside of the metal layer with respect to the cavity. A portion of the body is disposed inside the cavity when the container is in a closed configuration. At least some example embodiments relate to a forming of manufacturing the lid.
Inventors: Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.); Drew Wilkins (Richmond); Todd McCandless (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Conical Refrigerant Coil
Patent No. 11796232
A conical refrigerant coil comprises a plurality of pipes, each pipe arranged in a conical spiral and each pipe comprising a plurality of loops. At least some of the loops of each pipe of the plurality of pipes are arranged alternatingly along at least a portion of a length of the coil.
Inventors: Nathaniel S. Roady (Montpelier, Va.); Evan Paul Sachdeva (Richmond)
Assignee: Green Air (Ashland, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Method For Covering And Accessing Mate Lines During Building Construction
Patent No. 11795704
A process for covering, protecting and providing access to mate lines during building construction comprising the steps of preparing a vertical and horizontal mate line closure flap, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line access process, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line closing process, repeating the vertical and horizontal mate line access and closing processes as required, and carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line sealing process to complete the building weatherization.
Inventors: Thomas Matthew Balada (Richmond); Wazir Nobbee (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilimington, Del.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Continuous Dust Accumulation Monitoring System
Patent No. 11796440
Embodiments of a continuous dust accumulation monitoring system comprise an enclosure adapted for use in electrical hazardous locations, a sample area for collecting ambient dust, a dust accumulation sensor assembly installed in the enclosure configured to generate a signal based on the amount of ambient dust collected on the sample area and a circuit board within the enclosure configured to receive the signal from the dust accumulation sensor assembly. The continuous dust accumulation monitoring system may be connected to system control hardware.
Inventors: George T. Armbruster Jr. (Williamsburg, Va.); Bruce Ferris (Richmond); Shane Diller (Richmond); Slava Orlov (Richmond)
Assignee: Industrial Intelligence (Williamsburg, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Charge Detection And Quantization
Patent No. 11796585
A method includes receiving an output signal from a conductive element configured within a dielectric material. The conductive element can have an input voltage applied thereto and the output signal can include a plurality of signal amplitudes indicative of electric charges discharged across a gap between the conductive element and the dielectric material in response to the applied input voltage. The method can also include determining charge characterization data and classifying a material and a geometry of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. The classification can include an operational state of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. Related systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable mediums are also described.
Inventors: Eugene Toyonari Yamamoto (Bay Village, Ohio); Scot Alan Shermer (Chesterfield, Ohio); Andrew Walter Hutchinson (Richmond)
Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings (Houston, Texas)
Oct. 24, 2023
E-vaping Device Cartridge With Internal Infrared Sensor
Patent No. 11800601
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes an infrared sensor configured to measure infrared radiation emitted by at least a portion of a heating element coupled to a dispensing interface in the cartridge. The field of view of the infrared sensor may encompass an entirety of the heating element. The infrared sensor may be an infrared light emitting diode. The e-vaping device may include control circuitry configured to determine the temperature of the heating element based on sensor data generated by the infrared sensor and control the electrical power supplied to the cartridge based on the temperature of the heating element. The control circuitry may control the electrical power to maintain the temperature of the heating element below a threshold temperature. The control circuitry may determine the heating element temperature based on accessing at least a portion of the sensor data stored at a storage device in the cartridge.
Inventors: Ed Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.); Barry Smith (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
System And Method For Dynamic Generation Of URL By Smart Card
Patent No. 11797710
Embodiments of a smart card and systems and methods for secure data access using a smart card are described. The smart card may be formed a substrate and may include a microprocessor, a memory containing an applet, a counter, and a unique identifier. The smart card may dynamically generate a unique uniform resource location (URL) and transmit the URL to via a contactless communication interface to securely facilitate data access from other devices.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Computer-based Systems Configured To Adjust Data Capacity In A Data Stream Generated From Multiple Data Producer Applications And Methods Of Use Thereof
Patent No. 11799935
A method includes receiving from a transmitting data interface, a data stream mapping of a data input into data shards for transmission in a data stream over a data stream communication channel. Data capacity for a data producing software application from a plurality of data producing software applications is adjusted by increasing or decreasing a number of data shards in the data stream assigned to the data producing software application. An updated data stream mapping of the data input into the plurality of data shards is generated by updating a start hash key and an end hash key in a range for each of the data shards assigned to the data producing software application. The updated data stream mapping is sent to the transmitting data interface for adjusting the data capacity in the data stream transmitted over the data stream communication channel of the data producing software application.
Inventors: Yasaswy Rajendraprasad Ravala (McLean, Va.); Sudha Shiva Kumar Marri (McLean, Va.); Arunkumar Natarajan (Glen Allen, Va.); Krystan R. Franzen (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Percutaneously Placing Biologic Grafts At A Procedural Site
Patent No. 11793623
A catheter having opposed tissue contacting surfaces for creating an anastomosis between two blood vessels is utilized to facilitate a method for percutaneously placing a biologic graft at a procedural site. The method may comprise steps of inserting a guidewire into a blood vessel, placing a sheath over the guidewire, advancing a biologic graft over the guidewire into the blood vessel at a biologic graft attachment site, advancing a catheter over the guidewire, pushing a distal tip of the catheter through the biologic graft, a vessel wall of the blood vessel, and into a lumen of the blood vessel, and creating an anastomosis between the biologic graft and the blood vessel by activating the catheter to apply energy to the vessel wall and to a wall of the biologic graft.
Inventors: Jeffrey E. Hull (Midlothian, Va.); Justin K. Mann (Dana Point, Calif.); Mark A. Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Securely Generating And Printing A Document
Patent No. 11797974
Systems and methods for securely generating and printing documents are disclosed. For example, processor(s) of a computer system may receive information for the document from a computing device through a network, verify the information for the document, and upon verification, generate document generation data using at least a portion of the information for the document. The document generation data may include document metadata that enables generation of an image of the document and/or the image of the document. Upon the processor(s) verifying first authentication information of a first code associated with a printing device received from the computing device through the network and second authentication information of a second code associated with the computing device received from the printing device through the network, the processor(s) may transmit the document generation data to the printing device through the network, and cause the printing device to print the image of the document.
Inventors: Jade Garrett (Sterling, Va.); David Kelly Wurmfeld (Palm Bay, Fla.); Michael Littlejohn (Fairfax, Va.); Michael Louie (Spotsylvania, Va); Michael Canavatchel (Midlothian, Va.); Spencer Cutrell (Arlington, Va.); Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Rex Lacy (Sterling, Va.); Alexander Medeiros (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Semiconductor Adaptive Testing Using Inline Defect Part Average Testing
Patent No. 11798827
Systems and methods for semiconductor adaptive testing using inline defect part average testing are configured to receive a plurality of inline defect part average testing (I-PAT) scores from an I-PAT system, where the plurality of I-PAT scores is generated by the I-PAT system based on semiconductor die data for a plurality of semiconductor dies, where the semiconductor die data includes characterization measurements for the plurality of semiconductor dies, where each I-PAT score of the plurality of I-PAT scores represents a weighted defectivity determined by the I-PAT system based on a characterization measurement of a corresponding semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies; apply one or more rules to the plurality of I-PAT scores during a dynamic decision-making process; and generate one or more adaptive tests for at least one semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies based on the dynamic decision-making process.
Inventors: Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Va.); David W. Price (Austin, Texas); Chet V. Lenox (Lexington, Texas); Oreste Donzella (San Ramon, Calif.); Kara L. Sherman (San Jose, Calif.); John Robinson (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Automatically Evaluating Application Architecture Through Architecture-as-code
Patent No. 11790249
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for automatically generating a dynamic system context diagram based on machine-readable code. A method can include receiving, at a rules engine, machine-readable code describing interactions among a plurality of applications in software architecture, evaluating, with the rules engine in communication with a system of record (SoR), compliance of the interactions among the plurality of applications according to the SoR, identifying, with the rules engine, and based on compliance evaluation, one or more dependencies among the plurality of applications, generating, with an output engine, a system context diagram image comprising a graphical representation of the plurality of applications with associated interactions and dependencies, and outputting, for display, the system context diagram image.
Inventors: Zachary Blizzard (Sterling, Va.); Christopher Ocampo (Annandale, Va.); Tanusree McCabe (Washington, D.C.); Bradley Dellinger (Philadelphia, Penn.); Bita Akhlaghi (McLean, Va.); Francois Tur (Edgewater, Md.); Diego Norri (Arlington, Va.); Elizabeth Ashton (Arlington, Va.); Asa Britten (McLean, Va.); Jonathan Tran (Centreville, Va.); Natalia Noyes (Washington, D.C.); Keith Spaar (Arlington, Va.); Richard Dillon (Fairfax, Va.); Abhishek Ravi (Lakeland, Tenn.); Asher Gilani (Montville, N.J.); Daniel Tran (McLean, Va.); Claude Reyes (Sterling, Va.); Blair Christopher (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 17, 2023
Hydraulic Fluid
Patent No. 11788026
The present invention provides a hydraulic fluid comprising: (a) 40 to 2000 ppm by weight in terms of nitrogen content of a corrosion inhibiting agent which is one or more compounds of formula (I): ##STR00001## and/or tribologically acceptable salts thereof, wherein in formula (I): each R.sup.1 is independently a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, x is 0 to 4, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is —NR.sup.5R.sup.6 or —OR.sup.7, each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is independently an aryl group comprising 6 to 14 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.7 is a hydrocarbyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in each of said hydrocarbyl groups containing 2 or more carbon atoms, the carbon chain may, independently, optionally be interrupted by one or more ether groups; (b) 0.1 to 1% by weight of an ashless dispersant; and (c) a major amount of a base oil.
Inventors: Helen Dyer (Bracknell, Great Britain); Jason Bell (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 18, 2023
Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices Including Intra-draw Heater Control, And Methods Of Controlling A Heater
Patent No. 11798476
At least one example embodiment provides s system for controlling a heater in a non-combustible aerosol-generating device. The system comprises a memory storing computer-readable instructions and a controller configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the non-combustible aerosol-generating device to, detect an airflow in the non-combustible aerosol-generating device, apply a first power to the heater based on the detected airflow, apply a second power to the heater based on a target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below an airflow threshold value, the application of the second power being after the application of the first power, and apply a third power to the heater based on the target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below the airflow threshold value, the application of the third power being after the application of the second power, the third power being greater than the second power.
Inventors: Zack W. Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 18, 2023
Heat-sealable Paperboard Structures And Associated Paperboard-based Containers
Patent No. 11787592
A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major side and a second major side, a barrier coating layer on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, a top coat on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, wherein the barrier coating layer is positioned between the paperboard substrate and the top coat, and a heat-sealable barrier coating layer on the second major side of the paperboard substrate.
Inventors: Jiebin Pang (Glen Allen, Va.); Natasha G. Melton (Richmond); Steven Parker (Raleigh, N.C.); Teresa Krug (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Electrical Grid Control Systems And Methods Using Dynamically Mapped Effective Impedance
Patent No. 11791655
An electric power control system and methods are described herein in which a determined effective impedance between a first sensor and a second sensor is determined and instructions to an adjusting device based on the determined effective impedance are provided. In one example a controller is configured to determine at least one component of the supplied electric power at the plurality of sensors based on a determined effective impedance. In another example, a controller is configured to determine at least one estimated component of the supplied electric power based on the determined effective impedance. In another example, a controller is configured to compare one or more comparison variables from a first time period to one or more comparison variables of a second time period.
Inventors: Abhineet H. Parchure (Richmond); Stephen J. Tyler (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Dominion Energy (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
High Performance Cantilever Fan
Patent No. 11788559
A cantilever fan including a blade and a blade permanent magnet. The blade is clamped at one end to a base and has a distal end which is free to oscillate with distal end having the largest swept displacement of any portion of the blade. The blade extends from the clamped end to the distal end. The blade permanent magnet is attached only to the blade at a point along the blade’s length and is free to move with the blade. The fan includes a stationary permanent magnet attached only to the base. The respective locations and relative orientation of the blade permanent magnet and stationary magnet result in a repulsive magnetic force between the blade permanent magnet and stationary magnet. The fan is configured so that the repulsive force increases as the blade’s deflection brings the blade permanent magnet closer to the stationary magnet.
Inventor: Timothy S. Lucas (Liberty Lake, Wash.)
Assignee: NeoFan (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Including A Cartridge Containing A Gel
Patent No. 11792894
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a first chamber housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber housing defining a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber. The first chamber may contain an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel, and the second chamber may contain a source of a desired compound. The first and second chamber housings may be separate or separable structures.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switz.); Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Capsule Clusters For Oral Consumption
Patent No. 11785973
An oral product includes a matrix including a mixture of a plurality of capsules, a powdered component, a viscous component and a binder and wherein the matrix is molded into a shape. In a preferred embodiment, the capsules provide functional and flavorful ingredients. In an embodiment, the matrix is enclosed in a porous material that forms a pouch.
Inventors: Danielle R. Crawford (Chester, Va.); Shon Gedevani (Richmond); William R. Sweeney (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Device And Method For Sterilizing And Storage Of Laboratory Consumables
Patent No. 11786617
A method of sterilizing and storing laboratory consumables comprises slidably receiving a carrier holding a plurality of laboratory consumables into each of one or more of a plurality of storage compartments within an interior chamber defined in a housing, exposing the plurality of laboratory consumables to ultraviolet (UV) light from a UV lamp positioned above each respective storage compartment and from a UV lamp positioned below each respective storage compartment, determining from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed based on for which carrier a longest period of time has elapsed since going through a predefined sterilization procedure, and indicating to a user into which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be placed or indicating to a user from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed.
Inventors: Ali Safavi (Richmond); Thomas Patrick Finnigan (Richmond)
Assignee: Grenova (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Anti-IGFBP-3R Antibodies And Methods Of Treating An IGFBP-3R Expressing Cancer
Patent No. 11786585
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 receptor (IGFBP-3R) agonists and methods of their use to treat diseases involving IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R are provided. The agonists may be antibodies or other molecules specific for binding to and activating IGFBP-3R. The agonists are used to treat e.g. cancer, metabolic syndrome and obstructive respiratory disorders. In addition, methods of diagnosing cancer and predicting the chance of recurrence, metastasis and/or survival by measuring the level of IGFBP-3R in tumor tissue are provided.
Inventors: Youngman Oh (Glen Allen, Va.); Qing Cai (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Vaporizer Assembly For E-vaping Device
Patent No 11785989
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
Inventor: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Engine Oil Formulation With Improved Sequence VIII Performance
Patent No. 11788027
A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; an amount of one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol; an amount of one or more boron-containing dispersant(s); wherein a ratio of the amount of the one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition, to an amount of boron in weight percent provided by the one or more boron-containing dispersant(s), based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition is less than 40. The lubricating oil composition has improved corrosion performance in an engine or other mechanical components lubricated with the lubricating oil.
Inventors: Todd Dvorak (Glen Allen, Va.); Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mark Devlin (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 25, 2023
Low-shedding Aramid Paper Containing Mica
Patent No. 11788234
An aramid paper suitable for use as electrical insulation comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer, each of which comprising 70 to 30 weight percent aramid floc and 30 to 70 weight percent aramid fibrids, and each of which being free of mica and having a first face and a second face; an inner layer comprising 50 to 70 weight percent aramid material and 30 to 50 weight percent mica and having a first face and a second face; wherein the first face of the first outer layer is a first outer face of the aramid paper, and the second face of the first outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the first face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the first outer layer and the inner layer; and wherein the first face of the second outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the second face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the second outer layer and the inner layer, and the second face of the second outer layer is a second outer face of the aramid paper; the aramid paper having a total of 25 to 40 weight percent mica.
Inventors: Chris Dembrosky (Richmond); Roger Curtis Wicks (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilmington, Del.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Systems And Methods For Data Transmission Using Contactless Cards
Patent No 11790187
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card and a receiving application are provided. The transmitting device may include a processor, memory, and communication interface. A receiving application may include instructions for execution on a receiving device having a processor, a memory, a communication interface configured to create a communication field for data communication with the transmitting device, and one or more sensors. Upon movement of the transmitting device, the receiving application is configured to receive, via one or more sensors, feedback information associated with the transmitting device, display one or more instructions regarding the position of the transmitting device relative to the receiving device until the transmitting device enters the communication field. Upon entry into the communication field, the transmitting device is configured to transmit data to the receiving device.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Daniel Herrington (New York, N.Y.); Colin Hart (Arlington, Va.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.); Melissa Heng (Glen Allen, Va.); Rajko Illncic (Annandale, Va.); Jason Ji (Reston, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Generating Test Accounts In A Code-testing Environment
Patent No 11789852
Systems, media, and methods for automatically generating test accounts using a test account generator are disclosed. Responsive to an indication of a selection of a product of interest from among a list of products, fields of information corresponding to the selected product, as well as enabling the testing of the test account, are generated. Permission to access a plurality of servers containing data corresponding to the fields of information is requested. Responsive to permissions to access the plurality of servers being granted, a test data set including data corresponding to the fields of information is produced and transmitted to the test account generator. Upon receiving the test data set, the included data is populated into corresponding fields of information to generate the test account.
Inventors: Neeraj Sharma (Glen Allen, Va.); Jeffrey A. Tyree (Powhatan, Va.); Andrew Troy Hartwell (Prosper, Texas); Siwatm Piyasirisilp (Herndon, Va.); Suresh Vadigi (Kennett Square, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Wireless Devices For Storing A Financial Account Card And Methods For Storing Card Data In A Wireless Device
Patent No. 11790366
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions causing a processor to generate a menu displaying representations of a plurality of cards, the cards having associated card data; receive, from a user input device, a selection corresponding to a selected one of the cards; update the menu to display a representation of the selection; and authorize transmission of the card data associated with the selected card to complete a transaction.
Inventor: Gregory Gannon (Montpelier, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 25, 2023
Systems And Methods For Generating Web Pages For Database Search And Search Engine Optimization
Patent No. 11797616
Examples relate to systems and methods for dynamically generating web pages for displaying database items based on metadata included in network URL requests. Some examples disclosed herein may enable receiving a URL comprising a plurality of segments, comparing each segment of the plurality of segments to known segment values, identifying, based on the comparison, searchable segments and one or more searchable categories for the searchable segments, independent of the order of the searchable segments within the URL, determining a search pattern based on the searchable segments and searchable segment categories, performing an inventory search based on the search pattern to return a list one or more inventory items, building web page metadata items based on the search pattern, and generating a web page comprising the web page metadata items and the list of inventory items.
Inventor: Chris Ferguson (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: CarMax Business Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Lubricating Composition For Industrial Gear Fluids
Patent No. 11795412
A gear fluid composition for lubricating a driveline including a combination of short-chain polysulfide and long-chain polysulfide extreme pressure agents to minimize sulfur loss and to maintain high extreme pressure performance.
Inventors: David Edwards (Richmond); Helen Ryan (Sheen, Great Britain)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Method And Apparatus For Storage Of Data For Manufactured Items
Patent No. 11797512
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for storing data for a batch of manufactured items. The method comprises defining in a processor, using a lower limit identifier and an upper limit identifier, a range of unique item identifiers for the batch, wherein each manufactured item in the batch is allocated a unique item identifier falling within the range. The item identifiers are stored in allocated storage space. If an upper limit identifier is specified for each time interval, an amount of storage specified for all manufactured items during a production time period is calculated as a sum of a first product and a second product, the first product being a product of a production time and a size allocated to each upper limit identifier, and the second product being a product of the production time, a total number of manufactured items, and a percentage of unused identifiers.
Inventors: Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switz.); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switz.); Patrick Mauroux (Ursy, Switz.); Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switz.); Philippe Chatelain (Chavornay, Switz.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Heating Engine Control Algorithm For Nicotine E-vapor Device
Patent No. 11793237
A method of controlling a heater of a nicotine e-vapor device includes detecting, from a removable pod included in the nicotine e-vapor device, power information indicating a first power level and a second power level; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by determining a first amount of power based on the first power level, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second power level, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power.
Inventors: Niall Gallagher (Richmond); William Wykeham (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.); Terry Bache (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Gas-based Material Compression And Portioning
Patent No. 11794436
An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.
Inventors: Thien Nguyen (Glen Allen, Va.); Sean Sundberg (Richmond); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic (Richmond); Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Christopher R. Newcomb (Richmond); Robert V. Powell Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Gregory L. Nelson (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Polymer-laminated Metal Lid
Patent No. 11794450
At least some example embodiments relate to a container including a body and a lid. The body includes a base, a side wall, and an interior region at least partially defined by the base and the side wall. The lid includes a lid wall and a skirt that extends from a periphery of the lid wall. The skirt engages the body to retain the lid on the body. The skirt cooperates with the lid wall to define a cavity. The lid is formed from a laminate including a metal layer and a polymer layer coupled to the metal layer. The polymer layer is disposed inside of the metal layer with respect to the cavity. A portion of the body is disposed inside the cavity when the container is in a closed configuration. At least some example embodiments relate to a forming of manufacturing the lid.
Inventors: Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.); Drew Wilkins (Richmond); Todd McCandless (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Oct. 24, 2023
Conical Refrigerant Coil
Patent No. 11796232
A conical refrigerant coil comprises a plurality of pipes, each pipe arranged in a conical spiral and each pipe comprising a plurality of loops. At least some of the loops of each pipe of the plurality of pipes are arranged alternatingly along at least a portion of a length of the coil.
Inventors: Nathaniel S. Roady (Montpelier, Va.); Evan Paul Sachdeva (Richmond)
Assignee: Green Air (Ashland, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Method For Covering And Accessing Mate Lines During Building Construction
Patent No. 11795704
A process for covering, protecting and providing access to mate lines during building construction comprising the steps of preparing a vertical and horizontal mate line closure flap, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line access process, carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line closing process, repeating the vertical and horizontal mate line access and closing processes as required, and carrying out a vertical and horizontal mate line sealing process to complete the building weatherization.
Inventors: Thomas Matthew Balada (Richmond); Wazir Nobbee (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Dupont Safety & Construction (Wilimington, Del.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Continuous Dust Accumulation Monitoring System
Patent No. 11796440
Embodiments of a continuous dust accumulation monitoring system comprise an enclosure adapted for use in electrical hazardous locations, a sample area for collecting ambient dust, a dust accumulation sensor assembly installed in the enclosure configured to generate a signal based on the amount of ambient dust collected on the sample area and a circuit board within the enclosure configured to receive the signal from the dust accumulation sensor assembly. The continuous dust accumulation monitoring system may be connected to system control hardware.
Inventors: George T. Armbruster Jr. (Williamsburg, Va.); Bruce Ferris (Richmond); Shane Diller (Richmond); Slava Orlov (Richmond)
Assignee: Industrial Intelligence (Williamsburg, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Charge Detection And Quantization
Patent No. 11796585
A method includes receiving an output signal from a conductive element configured within a dielectric material. The conductive element can have an input voltage applied thereto and the output signal can include a plurality of signal amplitudes indicative of electric charges discharged across a gap between the conductive element and the dielectric material in response to the applied input voltage. The method can also include determining charge characterization data and classifying a material and a geometry of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. The classification can include an operational state of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. Related systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable mediums are also described.
Inventors: Eugene Toyonari Yamamoto (Bay Village, Ohio); Scot Alan Shermer (Chesterfield, Ohio); Andrew Walter Hutchinson (Richmond)
Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings (Houston, Texas)
Oct. 24, 2023
E-vaping Device Cartridge With Internal Infrared Sensor
Patent No. 11800601
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes an infrared sensor configured to measure infrared radiation emitted by at least a portion of a heating element coupled to a dispensing interface in the cartridge. The field of view of the infrared sensor may encompass an entirety of the heating element. The infrared sensor may be an infrared light emitting diode. The e-vaping device may include control circuitry configured to determine the temperature of the heating element based on sensor data generated by the infrared sensor and control the electrical power supplied to the cartridge based on the temperature of the heating element. The control circuitry may control the electrical power to maintain the temperature of the heating element below a threshold temperature. The control circuitry may determine the heating element temperature based on accessing at least a portion of the sensor data stored at a storage device in the cartridge.
Inventors: Ed Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.); Barry Smith (Hopewell, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
System And Method For Dynamic Generation Of URL By Smart Card
Patent No. 11797710
Embodiments of a smart card and systems and methods for secure data access using a smart card are described. The smart card may be formed a substrate and may include a microprocessor, a memory containing an applet, a counter, and a unique identifier. The smart card may dynamically generate a unique uniform resource location (URL) and transmit the URL to via a contactless communication interface to securely facilitate data access from other devices.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Computer-based Systems Configured To Adjust Data Capacity In A Data Stream Generated From Multiple Data Producer Applications And Methods Of Use Thereof
Patent No. 11799935
A method includes receiving from a transmitting data interface, a data stream mapping of a data input into data shards for transmission in a data stream over a data stream communication channel. Data capacity for a data producing software application from a plurality of data producing software applications is adjusted by increasing or decreasing a number of data shards in the data stream assigned to the data producing software application. An updated data stream mapping of the data input into the plurality of data shards is generated by updating a start hash key and an end hash key in a range for each of the data shards assigned to the data producing software application. The updated data stream mapping is sent to the transmitting data interface for adjusting the data capacity in the data stream transmitted over the data stream communication channel of the data producing software application.
Inventors: Yasaswy Rajendraprasad Ravala (McLean, Va.); Sudha Shiva Kumar Marri (McLean, Va.); Arunkumar Natarajan (Glen Allen, Va.); Krystan R. Franzen (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Percutaneously Placing Biologic Grafts At A Procedural Site
Patent No. 11793623
A catheter having opposed tissue contacting surfaces for creating an anastomosis between two blood vessels is utilized to facilitate a method for percutaneously placing a biologic graft at a procedural site. The method may comprise steps of inserting a guidewire into a blood vessel, placing a sheath over the guidewire, advancing a biologic graft over the guidewire into the blood vessel at a biologic graft attachment site, advancing a catheter over the guidewire, pushing a distal tip of the catheter through the biologic graft, a vessel wall of the blood vessel, and into a lumen of the blood vessel, and creating an anastomosis between the biologic graft and the blood vessel by activating the catheter to apply energy to the vessel wall and to a wall of the biologic graft.
Inventors: Jeffrey E. Hull (Midlothian, Va.); Justin K. Mann (Dana Point, Calif.); Mark A. Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Securely Generating And Printing A Document
Patent No. 11797974
Systems and methods for securely generating and printing documents are disclosed. For example, processor(s) of a computer system may receive information for the document from a computing device through a network, verify the information for the document, and upon verification, generate document generation data using at least a portion of the information for the document. The document generation data may include document metadata that enables generation of an image of the document and/or the image of the document. Upon the processor(s) verifying first authentication information of a first code associated with a printing device received from the computing device through the network and second authentication information of a second code associated with the computing device received from the printing device through the network, the processor(s) may transmit the document generation data to the printing device through the network, and cause the printing device to print the image of the document.
Inventors: Jade Garrett (Sterling, Va.); David Kelly Wurmfeld (Palm Bay, Fla.); Michael Littlejohn (Fairfax, Va.); Michael Louie (Spotsylvania, Va); Michael Canavatchel (Midlothian, Va.); Spencer Cutrell (Arlington, Va.); Steve Faletti (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Rex Lacy (Sterling, Va.); Alexander Medeiros (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Oct. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Semiconductor Adaptive Testing Using Inline Defect Part Average Testing
Patent No. 11798827
Systems and methods for semiconductor adaptive testing using inline defect part average testing are configured to receive a plurality of inline defect part average testing (I-PAT) scores from an I-PAT system, where the plurality of I-PAT scores is generated by the I-PAT system based on semiconductor die data for a plurality of semiconductor dies, where the semiconductor die data includes characterization measurements for the plurality of semiconductor dies, where each I-PAT score of the plurality of I-PAT scores represents a weighted defectivity determined by the I-PAT system based on a characterization measurement of a corresponding semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies; apply one or more rules to the plurality of I-PAT scores during a dynamic decision-making process; and generate one or more adaptive tests for at least one semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies based on the dynamic decision-making process.
Inventors: Robert J. Rathert (Mechanicsville, Va.); David W. Price (Austin, Texas); Chet V. Lenox (Lexington, Texas); Oreste Donzella (San Ramon, Calif.); Kara L. Sherman (San Jose, Calif.); John Robinson (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.)
Oct. 24, 2023