Patents by Inventor David Fain

David Fain 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).

  • Publication number: 20230084486
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a system and method for testing units-under-test (UUT) with a thermal shock. The thermal shock testing system can include a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the chamber being configured to provide a thermal shock to a unit-under-test (UUT), a pump configured to fluidly connect to the inlet of the chamber and direct a temperature controlled liquid through a channel embedded in the chamber, and a boiler and a chiller fluidly connected to the pump, the temperature of the liquid being controlled by at least one valve configured to alternatively direct hot or cold fluid to the inlet of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Fen Chen, David Fain, Geoffrey Maines, Wen-chieh Tang
  • Patent number: 11543327
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a system and method for testing units-under-test (UUT) with a thermal shock. The thermal shock testing system can include a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the chamber being configured to provide a thermal shock to a unit-under-test (UUT), a pump configured to fluidly connect to the inlet of the chamber and direct a temperature controlled liquid through a channel embedded in the chamber, and a boiler and a chiller fluidly connected to the pump, the temperature of the liquid being controlled by at least one valve configured to alternatively direct hot or cold fluid to the inlet of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Fen Chen, David Fain, Geoffrey Maines, Wen-chieh Tang
  • Publication number: 20210239575
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a system and method for testing units-under-test (UUT) with a thermal shock. The thermal shock testing system can include a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the chamber being configured to provide a thermal shock to a unit-under-test (UUT), a pump configured to fluidly connect to the inlet of the chamber and direct a temperature controlled liquid through a channel embedded in the chamber, and a boiler and a chiller fluidly connected to the pump, the temperature of the liquid being controlled by at least one valve configured to alternatively direct hot or cold fluid to the inlet of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Fen Chen, David Fain, Geoffrey Maines, Wen-chieh Tang
  • Patent number: 4303247
    Abstract: A game comprising(a) a missile in the shape of a spheroid having at least a portion of its surface defined by an outwardly presented face provided with a first type of contact engaging material;(b) a flexible resilient, self supporting sheeting material capable of manipulation with two hands, the shape of which is substantially biaxially symmetrical one axis of which is substantially greater than the other axis;(c) said flexible resilient, self supporting sheeting material having at least a portion of at least one of its surfaces covered with a second type of contact engaging material;(d) one of said contact engaging materials comprising a surface of textile material defined by a multitude of irregular filamentary formations and the other of said contact engaging materials comprising a covering being composed of upstanding hook-like filamentary formations adapted for removably retentive imbediment in said surface having irregular filamentary formations;(e) whereby when said missile is directed against the con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Inventor: David A. Fain