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: 20190177980
    Abstract: An awning is provided that includes an extendable arm, a shelter member, and a joint. The extendable arm has an inner end coupled with a support and an outer end extendable away from the inner end. The shelter member has an outer portion coupled with the extendable arm support and disposed along the extendable arm. The joint has a mechanism responsive to an awning retraction force to raise outer portions of the extendable arms and an outer portion of the shelter member toward a horizontal orientation relative to a shade enhancing orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 10301262
    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: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    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
  • Patent number: 10292466
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an umbrella hub assembly comprises an a cylindrical portion and a socket coupled to the cylindrical portion. The socket can have a fixed end, a free end, and a cylindrical wall defining a concave space extending from the free end toward the fixed end. The socket can have an access aperture disposed through the cylindrical wall. The assembly can further include an umbrella rib comprising a first end, a second end, and an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis. The first end can be configured to be received in the concave space through the free end such that the socket engages the umbrella rib and such that the first end is accessible through the access aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20180320381
    Abstract: An awning assembly with a mount portion, an extendable bar assembly, an upper canopy being retractable to a compact configuration adjacent to the mount portion and extendable to an extended position upon extension of the extendable bar assembly to provide shade from above, a lower canopy coupled with the extendable bar assembly and extendable therefrom to provide shade from a side position. The extendable bar assembly comprises a first roller coupled with the upper canopy, a second roller coupled with the lower canopy and a motion generator coupled with the second roller, the motion generator configured to store energy as the second roller is moved to retract the lower canopy and configured to use the stored energy to move the second roller to extend the lower canopy from the extendable bar assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20180298632
    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: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 10034524
    Abstract: An umbrella hub is provided that includes an inner portion, an outer periphery, a lower portion and an upper portion. A plurality of vertical grooves is disposed in the outer periphery and is configured to receive umbrella ribs or struts. A plurality of grooves extends transverse to the plurality of vertical grooves. A retention member is disposed in each of the transverse grooves. A first configuration of the hub permits deflection of the retention member such that a transverse pin coupled with the umbrella ribs or struts can be inserted into the transverse groove in which the retention member is disposed. A second configuration of the hub prevents deflection of the retention member such that inadvertent withdrawal of the pin from the transverse groove in which the retention member is disposed is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20180186738
    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: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    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: 20180153269
    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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20180112433
    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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Publication number: 20180110303
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an umbrella hub assembly comprises an a cylindrical portion and a socket coupled to the cylindrical portion. The socket can have a fixed end, a free end, and a cylindrical wall defining a concave space extending from the free end toward the fixed end. The socket can have an access aperture disposed through the cylindrical wall. The assembly can further include an umbrella rib comprising a first end, a second end, and an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis. The first end can be configured to be received in the concave space through the free end such that the socket engages the umbrella rib and such that the first end is accessible through the access aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D809775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D813525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D814173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D818697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D826543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D828995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D833136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D833137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D837731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: D847487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma