Patents by Inventor An Ma

An Ma 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: 20220265013
    Abstract: A patio umbrella that includes a tilt mechanism for adjusting a shade angle of the umbrella canopy. The umbrella canopy can be opened and closed by a crank and spool mechanism. The tilt mechanism can be controlled by an actuator that operates independently of the crank and spool mechanism. The actuator can be mounted on the upright pole of the patio umbrella.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20220259627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates useful in the preparation of of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid of Formula (Ia) and salts thereof, an S1P1 receptor modulator that is useful in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development and atherosclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Antonio Garrido Montalban, Daniel J. Buzard, John A. DeMattei, Tawfik Gharbaoui, Stephen R. Johannsen, Ashwin M. Krishnan, Young Mi Kuhlman, You-An Ma, Michael John Martinelli, Suzanne Michiko Sato, Dipanjan Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11388963
    Abstract: A tilt device for an umbrella is a guide track assembly disposed in one of a first tilt member and a second tilt member. The guide track assembly has a first guide track member and a second guide track member. An enclosed guide track is within the guide track assembly. The guide track assembly is slideably received within the first tilt member. A driver that has an upper portion disposed in the second tilt member and a lower portion. The lower portion is disposed in the enclosed guide track. The enclosed guide track is configured to guide movement of the lower portion of the driver within the first tilt member. Movement of the driver causes the second tilt member to tilt relative to the first tilt member. The guide track assembly includes an open channel forming a part of a cord channel through the tilt device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11365557
    Abstract: A movable base for a shade structure, such as an umbrella, operable between a movable position and a fixed position. The movable base including a foot pedal to transition between the movable and fixed positions. In one example, the foot pedal operates a locking assembly, such as a plate or linkage assembly that engages with the ground in the fixed position and is raised from the ground in the movable positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11360604
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a front frame, a rear cover, a display panel, a plurality of sensors and at least one adjusting mechanism. The front frame has an opening. The front frame and the rear cover are fixed to form an accommodation space. The display panel, disposed in the accommodating space, has a display surface exposed to the opening. A plurality of sensors are disposed on the front frame and configured to receive and emit an optical signal above the display surface. At least one adjusting mechanism is disposed on the rear cover and configured to adjust a deformation amount of the front frame to maintain the sensors at a predetermined emitting position and a receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Tsun Hsieh, Yi-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20220154917
    Abstract: A free-standing accessory stand that includes a ground support portion and an enclosure is provided. The enclosure is disposed about a central axis of the accessory stand. The upper surface faces away from the ground support. The accessory stand includes a retractable accessory support that has an outer surface projecting away from the enclosure in a first configuration. A mounting space is provided along the outer surface of the retractable accessory support above the upper surface of the enclosure. The outer surface is retracted in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20220136253
    Abstract: A shade structure is provided that includes a frame assembly, a retractable shade assembly, and a drive system. The frame assembly includes a plurality of upright poles and a plurality of beams coupled therewith. The retractable shade assembly is coupled with the plurality of beams. The retractable shade assembly includes a shade section assembly that has a plurality of elongate bars and a shade section extending therebetween. The elongate bars are spread apart from each other to spread the shade section in an extended shade configuration. The elongate bars are moved toward each other in a retracted configuration wherein the shade section looped vertically between adjacent elongate bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20220125169
    Abstract: A tilting umbrella with a canopy assembly including a lower hub, an upright pole and a tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism includes an actuator coupled with a lower pole portion and adjusts an upper pole portion from an untitled configuration to a second configuration. The lower hub is disposed at a tilt location between the upper pole portion and the lower pole portion. The lower hub can include an outer portion disposed over the upper pole portion that is pivotable relative to an inner portion disposed over the lower pole portion in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20220002244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, a novel crystalline free-plate habit or morphology, processes for preparing the crystalline free-plate habit, and uses of the crystalline free-plate habit of the L-arginine salt of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclo-penta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1) in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in the vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development, and atherosclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony C. Blackburn, Ryan O. Castro, Mark Allen Hadd, You-An Ma, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Jaimie Karyn Rueter, Lee Alani Selvey, Sagar Raj Shakya, Marlon Carlos
  • Patent number: 11206903
    Abstract: A patio umbrella that includes a tilt mechanism for adjusting a shade angle of the umbrella canopy. The umbrella canopy can be opened and closed by a crank and spool mechanism. The tilt mechanism can be controlled by an actuator that operates independently of the crank and spool mechanism. The actuator can be mounted on the upright pole of the patio umbrella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11206905
    Abstract: An umbrella assembly can be assembled using L-shaped elongate members pivotably coupled with upper and lower hubs for supporting and actuating an umbrella cover. The L-shaped elongate members can be pivotably coupled together and paired such that a lateral portion of each of the elongate members extends opposite the other lateral portion within the pair and pivotably coupled with one of the upper hub and the lower hub. The lateral portions pivotably coupled within rib-receiving slots corresponding to one of the upper hub and the lower hub and secured within the rib-receiving slots by one of an upper hub cap and a lower hub cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11181256
    Abstract: A free-standing accessory stand that includes a ground support portion and an enclosure is provided. The enclosure is disposed about a central axis of the accessory stand. The upper surface faces away from the ground support. The accessory stand includes a retractable accessory support that has an outer surface projecting away from the enclosure in a first configuration. A mounting space is provided along the outer surface of the retractable accessory support above the upper surface of the enclosure. The outer surface is retracted in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11149292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates useful in the preparation of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid of Formula (Ia) and salts thereof, an S1P1 receptor modulator that is useful in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development and atherosclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Garrido Montalban, Daniel J. Buzard, John A. DeMattei, Tawfik Gharbaoui, Stephen R. Johannsen, Ashwin M. Krishnan, Young Mi Kuhlman, You-An Ma, Michael John Martinelli, Suzanne Michiko Sato, Dipanjan Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11091435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, a novel crystalline free-plate habit or morphology, processes for preparing the crystalline free-plate habit, and uses of the crystalline free-plate habit of the L-arginine salt of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclo-penta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1) in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in the vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development, and atherosclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Blackburn, Ryan O. Castro, Mark Allen Hadd, You-An Ma, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Jaimie Karyn Rueter, Lee Alani Selvey, Sagar Raj Shakya, Marlon Carlos
  • Publication number: 20210189267
    Abstract: Provided is a method and device for viscosity-reducing and upgrading of low-grade heavy oil. The method comprises: (a) performing visbreaking reaction on low-grade heavy oil raw material and controlling the content of toluene insolubles in the produced oil; (b) mixing the produced oil in step (a) with hydrogen in a gas-liquid mixer to obtain a hydrogen-oil mixture in liquid state, or mixing the produced oil in step (a) with hydrogen to obtain hydrogen-oil mixture in gas-liquid state; in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, performing hydrogenation reaction on the hydrogen-oil mixture in liquid state or the hydrogen-oil mixture in gas-liquid state in the reactor, and obtaining a viscosity-reduced and upgraded oil after the reaction. It is viscosity-reducing and upgrading method by combining thermal visbreaking and fixed-bed hydrogenation, which can solve the problems of high viscosity, high density and poor stability of low-grade heavy oil products in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: QINGFENG TAN, AN MA, CHANGLU HU, LUHAI WANG, TAO CHENG, LITAO WANG, DONGHAO YANG, YINDONG LIU, YAN WANG, SHUANG HAN, XIAO ZHANG, YINGCHUN LIANG, HANG YANG, JUNNAN SONG, HUILING YOU, JINGMAN LU, BOHAN ZHANG, WU SU
  • Patent number: 11013303
    Abstract: An umbrella is provided that has a support pole, a canopy frame, and a set up assembly. The canopy frame is coupled with the support pole. The set up assembly is coupled with the canopy frame. The set up assembly is configured to open the canopy frame. The set up assembly has an actuator handle, a recess disposed on or in the support pole, and a locking pin. The locking pin is coupled with the handle and is moveable by the handle along a first direction between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the locking pin is disposed in the recess. In the second position the locking pin is spaced away from the recess. Movement of the locking pin along the umbrella pole adjacent to the recess in a second direction transverse to the first direction moves the locking pin between the first position and the second position in the first direction without moving the actuator handle in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20210112932
    Abstract: A tilt device for an umbrella is a guide track assembly disposed in one of a first tilt member and a second tilt member. The guide track assembly has a first guide track member and a second guide track member. An enclosed guide track is within the guide track assembly. The guide track assembly is slideably received within the first tilt member. A driver that has an upper portion disposed in the second tilt member and a lower portion. The lower portion is disposed in the enclosed guide track. The enclosed guide track is configured to guide movement of the lower portion of the driver within the first tilt member. Movement of the driver causes the second tilt member to tilt relative to the first tilt member. The guide track assembly includes an open channel forming a part of a cord channel through the tilt device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20210048917
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a front frame, a rear cover, a display panel, a plurality of sensors and at least one adjusting mechanism. The front frame has an opening. The front frame and the rear cover are fixed to form an accommodation space. The display panel, disposed in the accommodating space, has a display surface exposed to the opening. A plurality of sensors are disposed on the front frame and configured to receive and emit an optical signal above the display surface. At least one adjusting mechanism is disposed on the rear cover and configured to adjust a deformation amount of the front frame to maintain the sensors at a predetermined emitting position and a receiving position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Tsun HSIEH, Yi-An MA
  • Patent number: D935762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D955738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma