Patents by Inventor Brian Le
Brian Le has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11981436Abstract: A personal aircraft seat air treatment system may include an air blower, a ventilation output component installed within a passenger compartment, and a treatment component fluidically coupled to the air blower and the ventilation output component. The air blower may be configured to receive cabin air from a cabin air ventilation system installed in an aircraft cabin. The ventilation output component may be configured to provide treated air to a breathing area of a passenger proximate to an aircraft seat installed in the passenger compartment. The treatment component may be fluidically coupled to the air blower and the ventilation output component. The treatment component may be configured to receive the cabin air from the air blower and treat the cabin air to generate the treated air.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Haralambos Cordatos, Catherine Thibaud, Brian St. Rock, Michael Fortin, Brian M. Welch, Matthew R. Pearson, Mathieu Le Cam
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Publication number: 20240144965Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to spin-orbit torque (SOT) devices comprising a bismuth antimony (BiSb) layer. The SOT devices further comprises a first shield, a BiSb layer disposed over the first shield (S1), a free layer (FL) disposed over the BiSb layer, and a second shield (S2) disposed over the FL. The S1, the FL, and the S2 are disposed at a media facing surface (MFS). The BiSb layer is recessed from the MFS a first distance of about 5 nm to about 20 nm. The FL has a length greater than the first distance. A notch and/or an insulation layer is disposed adjacent to the BiSb layer at the MFS. Current may be configured to flow vertically through the S2 to the FL, and horizontally from the FL to the BiSb layer. Current may be configured to flow vertically through the S2 to the S1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Quang LE, Rohan Babu NAGABHIRAVA, Xiaoyong LIU, Brian R. YORK, Cherngye HWANG, Son T. LE, Randy G. SIMMONS, Kuok San HO, Hisashi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240144960Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a two dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) spin-orbit torque (SOT) read head comprising bismuth antimony (BiSb) layers. The read head comprises a lower reader comprising a first SOT stack and an upper reader comprising a second SOT stack. The first SOT stack and the second SOT stack each individually comprise a BiSb layer recessed from a media facing surface (MFS) and a free layer exposed at the MFS. The BiSb layers of each SOT stack are recessed from the MFS a distance of about 5 nm to about 20 nm, the distance being less than a length of the free layers. In one embodiment, the lower reader and the upper reader share a current path. In another embodiment, the lower reader and the upper reader have separate current paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Quang LE, Rohan Babu NAGABHIRAVA, Xiaoyong LIU, Brian R. YORK, Son T. LE, Cherngye HWANG, Kuok San HO, Hisashi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240132913Abstract: The disclosure relates to modified orthopoxvirus vectors, as well as methods of using the same for the treatment of various cancers. The disclosure provides modified orthopoxvirus vectors that exhibit various beneficial therapeutic activities, including enhanced oncolytic activity, spread of infection, immune evasion, tumor persistence, capacity for incorporation of exogenous DNA sequences and safety. The viruses we have discovered are also amenable to large scale manufacturing protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TURNSTONE BIOLOGICS CORP.Inventors: John C. Bell, Fabrice Le Boeuf, Michael S. Huh, Matthew Y. Tang, Adrian Pelin, Brian Andrew Keller, Caroline J. Breitbach, Michael F. Burgess, Steven H. Bernstein
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Patent number: 11961257Abstract: An image processing system having on-the-fly calibration uses the placement of the imaging sensor and the light source for calibration. The placement of the imaging sensor and light source with respect to each other affect the amount of signal received by a pixel as a function of distance to a selected object. For example, an obstruction can block the light emitter, and as the obstruction is positioned an increasing distance away from the light emitter, the signal level increases as light rays leave the light emitters, bounce off the obstruction and are received by the imaging sensor. The system includes a light source configured to emit light, and an image sensor to collect incoming signals including reflected light, and a processor to determine a distance measurement at each of the pixels and calibrate the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventors: Charles Mathy, Brian C. Donnelly, Nicolas Le Dortz, Sefa Demirtas
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Publication number: 20240112840Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cobalt-boron (CoB) layer for magnetic recording devices, memory devices, and storage devices. In one or more embodiments, the CoB layer is part of a spin-orbit torque (SOT) device. In one or more embodiments, the SOT device is part of an SOT based sensor, an SOT based writer, a memory device (such as a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) device), and/or a storage device (such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a tape drive). In one embodiment, an SOT device includes a seed layer, and a cap layer spaced from the seed layer. The SOT device includes a spin-orbit torque (SOT) layer, and a nano layer (NL) between the seed layer and the cap layer. The SOT device includes a cobalt-boron (CoB) layer between the seed layer and the cap layer, and the CoB layer is ferromagnetic.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Susumu OKAMURA, Quang LE, Brian R. YORK, Cherngye HWANG, Randy G. SIMMONS, Kuok San HO, Hisashi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240096132Abstract: Far field devices typically rely on audio only for enabling user interaction and involve only audio processing. Adding a vision-based modality can greatly improve the user interface of far field devices to make them more natural to the user. For instance, users can look at the device to interact with it rather than having to repeatedly utter a wakeword. Vision can also be used to assist audio processing, such as to improve the beamformer. For instance, vision can be used for direction of arrival estimation. Combining vision and audio can greatly enhance the user interface and performance of far field devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Atulya YELLEPEDDI, Kaushal Sanghai, John Robert McCarty, Brian C. Donnelly, Johannes Traa, Nicolas Le Dortz
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Publication number: 20240087378Abstract: An example method includes (a) generating a request to obtain log data descriptive of operation of an autonomous vehicle control system in a subject scenario, the log data indexed by an indexing parameter; (b) submitting the request to a log repository service, the log repository service configured to receive the request and serve, responsive to the request, log metadata; (c) loading, based on the log metadata and an index value of the indexing parameter, a log data sketch associated with the index value; and (d) loading, based on the log metadata and the index value, and responsive to an inspection indicator, detailed log data associated with the index value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Brian C. Becker, Peter VanTuyl Bentley, Matthew Thomas Bradley, Nathan Falk, Jack Wyatt Harris, Marion Le Borgne, Timothy Patrick Wojtaszek
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Publication number: 20230166122Abstract: A multi-function therapeutic system comprising a housing having a top portion having a first radiation therapy unit mounted therein for generating and applying light energy to a person, a bottom portion including a hydrogen therapy unit for supplying hydrogen to the person, and an intermediate bed portion disposed between the top portion and bottom portion. The intermediate bed portion includes an electromagnetic therapy unit for generating and applying electromagnetic energy to the person. The system can also include a vibration therapy unit associated with one or more of the bottom portion and the intermediate bed portion for generating and applying vibrational energy to the person, and a control unit for controlling the first radiation therapy unit, the hydrogen therapy unit, the electromagnetic therapy unit, and the sound therapy unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Brian Le GETTE, Steven YOUNG
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Publication number: 20220347135Abstract: Spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is premature delivery prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy and is a leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. sPTB is associated with a unique gene expression profile. Identified herein are numerous safe and proven therapeutic compositions used for unrelated indications that have the biological effect of reversing, in part, the gene expression profile of sPTB and which can be used in preventative or interventional treatments to prevent, delay, or ameliorate sPTB. The repurposed drugs include several Class A and Class B therapeutics that are regarded as safe or low risk in pregnant subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, The Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Marina Sirota, Brian Le, Ronald Wong, David Stevenson
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Patent number: 11026793Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityInventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20200258572Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional memory array is provided that includes a plurality of global bit lines disposed above a substrate, a plurality of vertically-oriented bit lines disposed above the global bit lines, a plurality of word lines disposed above the global bit lines, a plurality of memory cells coupled between the vertically-oriented bit lines and the word lines, and a plurality of isolation elements coupled between the vertically-oriented bit lines and the global bit lines. Each isolation element includes a vertical thin-film transistor and a threshold selector device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Christopher J. Petti, Brian Le
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Patent number: 10734073Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional memory array is provided that includes a plurality of global bit lines disposed above a substrate, a plurality of vertically-oriented bit lines disposed above the global bit lines, a plurality of word lines disposed above the global bit lines, a plurality of memory cells coupled between the vertically-oriented bit lines and the word lines, and a plurality of isolation elements coupled between the vertically-oriented bit lines and the global bit lines. Each isolation element includes a vertical thin-film transistor and a threshold selector device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLCInventors: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Christopher J. Petti, Brian Le
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Patent number: 10714534Abstract: A method is provided that includes forming a memory cell that includes a memory element coupled in series with an isolation element. The isolation element includes a vertical thin-film transistor and a threshold selector device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLCInventors: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Christopher J. Petti, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20190391718Abstract: A method, a system, and an article are provided for managing a scrolling operation on a computer display. An example method can include: providing a plurality of cells for presenting graphical elements on a user device; advancing a sequence of the cells through a visible area on a display of the user device; moving a first cell that is no longer within the visible area to one of a plurality of cell recycle pools; moving a second cell from one of the plurality of cell recycle pools to a cell generation area; generating a graphical element for the second cell within the cell generation area; and advancing the second cell from the cell generation area into the visible area on the display of the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Bingjie Cao, Brian Le, Shutong Yu
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Patent number: 10374013Abstract: A method is provided that includes forming a bit line above a substrate; forming a word line above the substrate, and forming a non-volatile memory cell between the bit line and the word line. The non-volatile memory cell includes a non-volatile memory material coupled in series with an isolation element. The isolation element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer and a barrier layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLCInventors: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Christopher J. Petti, Natalie Nguyen, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20190133767Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Patent number: 10195034Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityInventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20180286918Abstract: A method is provided that includes forming a bit line above a substrate; forming a word line above the substrate, and forming a non-volatile memory cell between the bit line and the word line. The non-volatile memory cell includes a non-volatile memory material coupled in series with an isolation element. The isolation element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer and a barrier layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Christopher J. Petti, Natalie Nguyen, Brian Le
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Patent number: 9986878Abstract: A toilet seat hinge for mounting a toilet seat to a toilet bowl includes a hinge post and a pin extending through the hinge post and defining an axis. The pin is configured to attach the toilet seat to the hinge post for pivotal movement about the axis. The toilet seat hinge also includes a quick release mechanism for releasably securing the hinge post to the toilet bowl. The quick release mechanism includes a member coupled to the pin for pivotal movement about the axis. The member is pivotable about the axis between a first position in which the hinge post is secured to the toilet bowl, and a second position in which the hinge post is released from the toilet bowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Michael Stelter, Brian Le Mahieu, John Seaman