Patents by Inventor Heng Cao

Heng Cao 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: 20240116047
    Abstract: Liquid reservoirs, cartridge assemblies and related systems and methods are disclosed. An example implementation includes an apparatus that includes a body, a cover, and a lid assembly. The body includes a top surface and a storage chamber having an opening at the top surface. The cover covers or is positioned within the opening of the storage chamber. The lid assembly is coupled to the top surface and covers the opening of the storage chamber. The top surface and the first portion define a plenum. The cover is at least one of piercable, breakable, or movable to allow the storage chamber to be fluidly coupled to the plenum without venting the plenum to atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Panteleimon Athanasiou, Beng Keong Ang, Justin Davidson, Norman Khoo, Heng Kuang Cheng, Hao Yu, Zhenning Cao
  • Patent number: 11955695
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a middle frame, wherein a bezel of the middle frame is provided with an opening for providing a functional module, the bezel is formed with a first conductive strip on one side of the opening, and the bezel is formed with a second conductive strip on the other side of the opening, wherein the first conductive strip and/or the second conductive strip is/are connected to a feed line, to be used as an antenna radiator for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are formed by the bezel at the opening for providing the functional module, to transmit and receive the radio signals, such that the bezel at the opening can be multiplexed to transmit and receive the radio signals in a case that space is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20230363859
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Heng CAO, Vadim MATOV, John Y. MORTON, Jon MOSS, Ryan KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11628044
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Heng Cao, Vadim Matov, John Y. Morton, Jon Moss, Ryan Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230095713
    Abstract: Appliances for orthodontic treatment are provided. In some embodiments, an orthodontic appliance includes a shell having a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities shaped to reposition a patient’s teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement. The shell can have a first elasticity. The appliance can include an attachment-receiving well formed in the shell. The attachment-receiving well can be configured to engage an attachment coupled to a tooth of the patient. The appliance can further include at least one tactile object coupled to the attachment-receiving well. The at least one tactile object can include an elongate body that extends toward the attachment when the shell is worn on the patient’s teeth. The at least one tactile object can have a second elasticity greater than the first elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chunhua Li, Jennifer Chen, John Morton, Jon Moss, Clark Kaufhardt, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20230080308
    Abstract: Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vadim MATOV, John Y. MORTON, Eric KUO, Heng CAO
  • Patent number: 11571277
    Abstract: Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim Matov, John Y. Morton, Eric Kuo, Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11547533
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhua Li, Jennifer Chen, John Morton, Jon Moss, Clark Kaufhardt, Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11529215
    Abstract: Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim Matov, John Y. Morton, Eric Kuo, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20220311124
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a middle frame, wherein a bezel of the middle frame is provided with an opening for providing a functional module, the bezel is formed with a first conductive strip on one side of the opening, and the bezel is formed with a second conductive strip on the other side of the opening, wherein the first conductive strip and/or the second conductive strip is/are connected to a feed line, to be used as an antenna radiator for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are formed by the bezel at the opening for providing the functional module, to transmit and receive the radio signals, such that the bezel at the opening can be multiplexed to transmit and receive the radio signals in a case that space is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heng CAO
  • Patent number: 11445602
    Abstract: A power circuit includes bus bars that are connected to terminals of an FET and are provided flush with each other, and a first insulation region arranged between the bus bars. The power circuit includes a bus bar to which the FET is fixed, a conductive sheet that is connected to another bus bar via a first connection portion and electrically connects source terminals of the FET to the other bus bar, and a second connection portion that is provided in the conductive sheet and electrically connects the source terminals to the other bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11438654
    Abstract: Media-presentation-conscious scheduling protocols are disclosed that may associate a geographical location containing a thing with an identifier of the thing and allow later-found media works that pertain to the identifier to be presented at a mobile device before the device reaches a waypoint of the location. Alternatively or additionally, such protocols may respond to a predicted connectivity impairment of a traveling device by obtaining supplemental content to mitigate a predicted capacity shortage. Alternatively or additionally, such protocols may interrupt live stream content, insert on-demand content, and later return to live stream presentation automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: RHAPSODY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Brian Ringer, Heng Cao, Kenneth W. Murphy, Darryl William Wood, Gregory Welliver, Matthew James Eccles
  • Publication number: 20220071742
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Heng CAO, Vadim MATOV, John Y. MORTON, Jon MOSS, Ryan KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220022337
    Abstract: A power circuit includes multiple bus bars that are connected to multiple terminals of an FET, are provided flush with each other, and are each insulated from each other. The power circuit includes one bus bar that is connected to drain terminals of the FET, a solder fixing portion of the FET that is arranged on the bus bar, and another bus bar that is connected to source terminals of the FET via a conductive connection sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Arinobu Nakamura, Shinsuke Okumi, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11202691
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Heng Cao, Vadim Matov, John Y. Morton, Jon Moss, Ryan Kimura
  • Publication number: 20210358852
    Abstract: A power circuit is provided with two bus bars in a single plane connected to terminals of a plurality of FETs and includes an insulating region interposed between the bus bars, the power circuit including: a first conductive piece to which one group of the plurality of FETs is fixed; a second conductive piece to which another group of the plurality of FETs is fixed, wherein the plurality of FETs are alternately fixed to the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20210267048
    Abstract: A power circuit includes bus bars that are connected to terminals of an FET and are provided flush with each other, and a first insulation region arranged between the bus bars. The power circuit includes a bus bar to which the FET is fixed, a conductive sheet that is connected to another bus bar via a first connection portion and electrically connects source terminals of the FET to the other bus bar, and a second connection portion that is provided in the conductive sheet and electrically connects the source terminals to the other bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shungo Hiratani, Shinsuke Okumi, Arinobu Nakamura, Akira Haraguchi, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20210141410
    Abstract: A knob assembly for operating a heating element for cooking food includes a user-engageable knob having a light guide. The knob assembly also includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing encloses a first switch adapted to operate the heating element, and the second housing encloses a light switch and a light source. The light switch is adapted to operate the light source to illuminate the knob. A rotatable stem is operatively coupled to the first switch, the light switch, and the knob. The knob is thus adapted to operate the first switch and the light switch via rotation thereof. The first housing is longitudinally stacked behind and attached to the second housing such that the stem extends at least partially through the first housing and the second housing. The knob is affixed to an end of the stem that protrudes forward from the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Spurrier, Ziuwen Zhang, Heng Cao, Claudio Guzzo, Zhengqian Lin, Christopher Shaw Burch, Christopher Neranjan, Timothy Brown
  • Publication number: 20210068925
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chunhua LI, Jennifer Chen, John Morton, Jon Moss, Clark Kaufhardt, Heng Cao
  • Publication number: 20210045846
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Chunhua LI, Jennifer Chen, John Morton, Jon Moss, Clark Kaufhardt, Heng Cao