Patents by Inventor Ben (Wen-Pin) Chuang

Ben (Wen-Pin) Chuang 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).

  • Conjoined multiple bowl water slide feature
    Patent number: 12263414
    Abstract: A ride feature is disclosed using conjoined bowl structures formed of multiple bowl structures attached to each other. In a two bowl embodiment, the ride vehicle rides about at least a portion of a periphery of a first bowl structure and then about at least a portion of a periphery of a second bowl structure before exiting the ride feature. The ride vehicle may exit the conjoined bowl structure from either the first bowl structure or the second bowl structure. In alternative embodiments, the conjoined bowl feature may be comprised of more than two conjoined bowls, the bowls may be of different diameter, and/or the bowls may have a constantly decreasing or increasing diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Claudio Barrera, Boxiao Hu, Ben Cornwell-Mott, Ross Flavell, Bruce Bradley
  • Prefabricated movable and adjustable support frame for construction crossing over existing line, and method of installing same
    Patent number: 12264444
    Abstract: Provided is a prefabricated movable and adjustable support frame for construction crossing over an existing line, and a method of installing the same used in field of railway construction engineering, the support frame including a rail track of the existing line, an adjustable support, a slideway stringer, a support beam, a hinge, a brake device, and a traction mechanism, where the adjustable support includes 4 pillar assemblies, each of the pillar assemblies includes an outer column and an inner column, the inner column is inserted into the outer column, a lower end of the outer column is connected to a lower rail wheel, an upper end of the inner column is connected to an upper pulley, the inner columns adjacent to each other and the outer columns adjacent to each other along the rail track of the existing line are connected by hinged nodes through a cross brace assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Central South University
    Inventors: Yujie Yu, Xiaoxiang Wang, Ben Mou
  • Backup valve for closed transfer coupler
    Patent number: 12264061
    Abstract: A probe assembly for a closed transfer system is provided. The probe assembly includes a base having a base air inlet, a probe having a base end and a probe end, at least one primary valve positioned at the probe tip, and at least one secondary valve. The probe defines a hollow air channel extending from the base end to the probe end including a probe tip, the base end being coupled to the base such that the hollow air channel is in fluid communication with the base air inlet and the probe tip. The at least one secondary valve is positioned at the base air inlet and configured to selectively allow air into the hollow air channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ben Freeston
  • Methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation
    Patent number: 12262977
    Abstract: A tissue detection and location identification apparatus can include, a first electrically conductive layer surrounding a lumen, an insulating layer surrounding the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electrically conductive layer circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer, where the insulating layer can electrically isolate the first electrically conductive layer from the second electrically conductive layer. A further insulating layer can surround the second electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second electrically conductive layer can form a structure which has a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side with respect to the lumen, where the first side can be longer than the second side thereby forming a sharp pointed end via the first side at a distal-most portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Blossom Innovations
    Inventors: Joe Ting, Tania To, Vincent Zuo, James Wright, Ben Apollonio, Charles Holland Dresser
  • Load balanced network file accesses
    Patent number: 12267387
    Abstract: A system comprises control circuitry that is operable to assign a first of a plurality of computing devices to serve file system requests destined for any of a first plurality of network addresses; assign a second of the computing devices to serve file system requests destined for any of a second plurality of network addresses; maintain statistics regarding file system requests sent to each of the first plurality of network addresses and the second plurality of network addresses; and reassign, based on the statistics, the first of the computing devices to serve file system requests destined for a selected one of the second plurality of network addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Weka.IO Ltd.
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel
  • Fistula filler and deployment system
    Patent number: 12263275
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for retention of shape of decellularized tissue or of a portion of an organ can be accomplished through the irradiation of the decellularized tissue or the portion of the organ inside a shaping mold. The enclosure of decellularized tissue or a portion of an organ inside of a mold or other constraining material, such as stainless steel or platinum or polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or polycaprolactone (PCL), allows the tissue to take on the shape of the mold or constraint and subsequently retain that shape after it is irradiated. This can result in decellularized extracellular matrix having defined (pre-determined) shapes. The system can include a hollow device which contains the filler or plug. The system may be inserted into the fistula tract and the filler or plug may be deployed by pulling, pushing or otherwise expelling the filler or plug into the tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Miromatrix Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Davidow, Aleksandr Katane, Ben Steiner
  • Drape adaptor
    Patent number: 12262972
    Abstract: A drape adaptor configured for coupling to a first component of a medical device and for receiving a medical tool. The first component of the medical device including a non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism. The drape adaptor comprises a sealing member configured for passing therethrough at least a portion of at least one component of a sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The drape adaptor is configured to enable transmission of torque from the first component of the medical device to the medical tool via direct engagement between the at least one component of the sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism, through the sealing member, without compromising the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: XACT ROBOTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ben Galili, Ofer Arnold, Eran Zur
  • Quality of service management in a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 12265742
    Abstract: One or more computing devices may comprise congestion management circuitry, one or more client file system request buffers, and DESS interface circuitry. The one or more client file system request buffers is/are operable to queue first client file system requests of a first priority level and second client file system requests of a second priority level, where the first priority level is higher priority than the second priority level. The DESS interface circuitry is operable to determine a choking level according to the load on a plurality of DESS resources. Individual load values of the DESS resources are mapped to a composite load value using a first function. The composite load value is mapped to a congestion contribution using a second function. And, the congestion contribution is mapped to a choking level using a third function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Weka.IO Ltd.
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba
  • Hydraulic tools
    Patent number: 12263570
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool for working on a workpiece. A housing is configured for holding. A motor is positioned in the housing. A battery is supported by the housing and operable to supply power to the motor. A drive mechanism is supported by the housing and includes a cylinder, a piston moveably supported in the cylinder, and a pump powered by the motor and operable to supply hydraulic fluid to the cylinder to move the piston relative to the cylinder. A jaw member is supported by the housing and configured to engage with the workpiece. A spindle is operatively coupled to the drive mechanism such that operating the drive mechanism moves the spindle relative to the jaw member to work on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventors: Eric D. Norquist, Ben Gall, Celia Sánchez Santero, Daniel Escudero Alonso, Elizabeth M. Neelsen, Kyle M. Harvey, Nathaniel Olbrich
  • Supervision of data in a wireless network
    Patent number: 12267696
    Abstract: Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Vasona Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ben-Nun, Ofer Weill, Roni Bar Yanai
  • Motor for a personal care device
    Patent number: 12266989
    Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10). The motor (1) comprises: a stator (2) comprising a stator surface; a rotor (3) comprising a rotor surface disposed opposite the stator surface; and a spacer (4) projecting between the stator surface and the rotor surface so as to define a minimum airgap between the stator (2) and the rotor (3). The spacer (4) is disposed on or at one of the rotor surface and the stator surface, and has a contact surface configured to engage with the other one of the rotor surface and the stator surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stijn Willem Boere, Jan Willem Bruggers, Nathan Farrell, Wolter F. Benning, Paul Leonard
  • Asynchronous to synchronous replication transition
    Patent number: 12265506
    Abstract: A method for transitioning from asynchronous replication to a synchronous replication, the method includes (i) receiving, by a DSS and following the start of the transitioning, a synchronous update related to a first FSE part; (ii) implementing the synchronous update of the first FSE part; (iii) receiving, by the DSS and following the start of the transitioning, an asynchronous update related to a last version of a second FSE part before the start of the transitioning; (iv) ignoring the asynchronous update when the DSS currently stores a version of the second FSE part that is associated with a timestamp that is indicative of a point in time that exceeds the start of the transitioning; and (v) else—implementing the asynchronous update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: VAST DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Weissbrem, Avi Goren, Ohad Ben-Yehuda
  • Automated spatial indexing of images to video
    Patent number: 12266166
    Abstract: A spatial indexing system receives a video that is a sequence of frames depicting an environment, such as a floor of a construction site, and performs a spatial indexing process to automatically identify the spatial locations at which each of the images were captured. The spatial indexing system also generates an immersive model of the environment and provides a visualization interface that allows a user to view each of the images at its corresponding location within the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Open Space Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ben Fleischman, Philip DeCamp, Jeevan James Kalanithi
  • Auto-focus tracking for remote flying targets
    Patent number: 12267593
    Abstract: A system for automatically maintaining focus while tracking remote flying objects includes an interface and processor. The interface is configured to receive two or more images. The processor is configured to determine a bounding box for an object in the two or more images; determine an estimated position for the object in a future image; and determine an estimated focus setting and an estimated pointing direction for a lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Anduril Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Marcin Camacho, Calvin Michael Hareng, Corey Martin Hass, Forrest Nelson Iandola, Gokul Ganesh Subramanian, Nadav Ben-Haim, Adnan Esmail, Kevin Michael Christensen
  • Aerosol-generating device
    Patent number: 12264664
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a pump. The pump includes a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber on opposing sides of a separation element. Each of the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber have an inlet valve and an outlet valve configured to establish a pumping direction. The pump also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is associated with the first pump chamber and the second actuator is associated with the second pump chamber. The first actuator and the second actuator are each configured to change a chamber volume of the respective pump chamber. The pump further includes a common inlet, and a common outlet. The common inlet and common outlet are in fluid communication with the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber and are configured to establish a flow direction. The pumping direction is aligned with the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Ben Mazur
  • Combining visual and audio insights to detect opening scenes in multimedia files
    Patent number: 12266175
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for automatically detecting an introduction/opening song within a multimedia file. The method includes designating sequential blocks of time in the multimedia file as scene(s) and detecting certain feature(s) associated with each scene. The extracted scene feature(s) may be analyzed and used to assign a probability to each scene that the scene is part of the introduction/opening song. The probabilities may be used to classify each scene as either correlating to or not correlating to, the introduction/opening song. The temporal location of the opening song may be saved as index data associated with the multimedia file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yonit Hoffman, Mordechai Kadosh, Zvi Figov, Eliyahu Strugo, Mattan Serry, Michael Ben-Haym
  • Systems and methods for facilitating secure authentication when conducting blockchain operations using cryptography-based, storage applications
    Patent number: 12267438
    Abstract: Methods and system for managing partial private keys for cryptography-based, storage applications used in blockchain operations and/or facilitating secure authentication when conducting blockchain operations using cryptography-based, storage applications. For example, the methods and system may perform a plurality of blockchain operations for digital assets stored in a first cryptography-based, storage application, wherein the first cryptography-based, storage application corresponds to a first partial private key, and wherein the first partial private key is stored on a first user device, and wherein the second partial private key is not accessible to platform service facilitating the first cryptography-based, storage application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Coinbase, Inc.
    Inventors: Cassandra Alexandria Heart, Peter Jihoon Kim, Ben Schreck, Olivia Thet, Jonathan Ariel Bergknoff, Ankit Chiplunkar, Ethan Leland, Trevor Aron
  • MODULAR EYEWEAR TEMPLE
    Publication number: 20250102837
    Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. An electronic device is provided in the releasable second portion. The electronic device may be passive or active, such as a battery configured to power the eyewear. The electronic device may communicate with an electronic component in the first portion, and may also operate independently when the second portion is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: John Bernard ARDISANA, II, Yoav BEN-HAIM, Teodor DABOV, Varun Sehrawat
  • INFUSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT PREDICTIONS USING ASSOCIATION MINING
    Publication number: 20250104837
    Abstract: Techniques for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient are provided. In some embodiments, the techniques may involve obtaining a predictive association model associated with the patient, wherein the predictive association model comprises an association of two or more categorical state values that are predictive of the patient consuming a meal. The techniques may further involve obtaining real-time data associated with the patient. The techniques may further involve determining a current state of the patient based at least in part on the real-time data by transforming the real-time data into two or more current state categorical values. The techniques may further involve predicting consumption of a meal in response to determining the two or more current state categorical values match the two or more categorical state values of the association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Anderson, Itay Ben Shushan, Yaron Hadad, Daniel Modlinger, Noa Tsror, Tal Elgali
  • Wheel for weatherproof sportsman's trunk
    Patent number: D1069314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob H. Whitta, Ben Sayalith, Eric Hummel, Tony Vilay