Patents by Inventor Benjamin A. Zhang

Benjamin A. Zhang 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: 20250083174
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing a foaming cleaning formulation. The system includes a foaming formulation and a continuous spray (extended spray) dispensing device, such as a FLAIROSOL dispensing device. The foaming formulation includes a first nonionic surfactant, a second nonionic surfactant (e.g., which may be an amphoteric surfactant) and a C8 quaternary amine cationic surfactant. The device includes a trigger with a particular spring force, as well as a dispensing orifice with a particular orifice diameter and is used for dispensing the foaming formulation as a foam with an extended spray time, and a controlled drainage rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Heather DAY, Li ZHANG, Benjamin MA
  • Publication number: 20250088731
    Abstract: Mitigations for camera alignment during image capture preview involve receiving a zoom level request for a multicamera system comprising a first camera having a first optical zoom metric and a second camera having a second optical zoom metric, and obtaining an image frame from the first camera. A target transformation is determined based on difference between the first optical zoom and a requested zoom level, the second camera's native optical zoom level, the relative orientation of the first and second cameras within the system framework and the relative intrinsics on the two cameras. The transformation is applied before, in conjunction with, or followed by a separate digital zoom transform to the image frame to obtain a transformed and digitally zoomed image frame transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Avijit S. Wasu, Anandhakumar Chinnaiyan, Benjamin A. Darling, Florian Ciurea, Tao Zhang, Zejing Wang
  • Publication number: 20250082736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in various embodiments, stable injectable particle suspensions of therapeutic biologics and hyaluronan degrading agents that permit administration without the need for resuspension. In particular, the compositions disclosed herein are highly concentrated, low-volume injectable particle suspensions that increase bioavailability of therapeutic biologics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Brown, Li-Chiun Cheng, Daniel Benjamin Dadon, Ashita Nair, Sakshi Singal, Chaitanya Sudrik, Winnie L. Zhang, Sadiqua Shadbar
  • Patent number: 12247126
    Abstract: A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device is provided. The LSC device has an active layer including a modified luminophore having a polymethine component including a plurality of methine groups (?CH—)n, where n is an odd integer greater than 1. A hydrogen atom (H) of one of the plurality of methine groups is replaced by one of -AR1R2 or -DR3, where A is selected from nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) and D is selected from oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te), R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, aliphatic groups, and aromatic groups bound to A through a carbon atom, or R1 and R2 together form an alicyclic ring containing A, and R3 is selected from H, aliphatic groups, aromatic groups, and alicyclic groups bound to D through a carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. Lunt, III, Babak Borhan, Benjamin G. Levine, Wei Sheng, Jun Zhang, Chenchen Yang
  • Publication number: 20250076878
    Abstract: A transport vehicle, such as a vision guided vehicle, can comprise a drive portion constructed to facilitate movement of the transport vehicle and a load portion constructed to engage an object of interest. The load portion can comprise an object engagement apparatus and at least one sensor coupled to or disposed within a distal end of the object engagement apparatus, wherein the sensor can be at least a 2D sensor. The engagement apparatus can comprise forks, at least one fork having sensor coupled to or disposed within a fork tip. The 2D sensor can comprise a scanning LIDAR sensor arranged to collect information to identify a pickable pallet, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Chun Zhang, Nathan Greco, Adam Grusky, Bruce Thompson, Ed Butina, Jacob Seal, John Harrold, II, Ryan Young, Benjamin Schmidt, Andrew Tracy
  • Patent number: 12244569
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sending a combined read and reaction message. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: accessing, by a messaging application, a conversation session comprising a plurality of messages exchanged between a plurality of client devices, the messaging application being associated with a first client device of the plurality of client devices; generating, by the messaging application, metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of messages; encrypting, by the messaging application, the metadata in accordance with an end-to-end encryption process to enable a second client device of the plurality of client devices to read the metadata and prevent the second client device from modifying the metadata; and transmitting, to a server, a packet comprising an encrypted message slot and a first metadata slot, the first metadata slot comprising the encrypted metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Varbedian, Wade Spires, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Kyle Comer, Bradley Baron, Samuel Young, Aleksandr Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250069334
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing assisted scene capture for an artificial reality (XR) environment. Some implementations can obtain an XR space model corresponding to a real-world space, including walls, the ceiling, and the floor, using an XR system. Some implementations can then scan the real-world space and display a mesh corresponding to the scanned area overlaid onto a view of the real-world space. Some implementations can perform post-processing on the displayed mesh, which can include A) collapsing variations in the mesh corresponding to the walls, ceiling, or floor onto the XR space model; B) clipping the mesh to the XR space model for open doorways, windows, etc.; C) simplifying the mesh corresponding to the walls, ceiling, or floor; D) determining that the mesh is complete by identifying that a threshold percentage of the XR space model is covered by the mesh; or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Sony NGUYEN, Justin STRAWN, Eric LEUNG, Marc KREJCI, Benjamin XU, Samuel MCGAREY, Muqing NIU, Sierra DEAN, Jianhan XU, Ran ZHANG, Lu ZHOU, Audrey Muller, Matthew Banks, Sabrina Zhai
  • Publication number: 20250062377
    Abstract: An anion exchange branched co-polymer includes poly(aryl) and a branched compound and quinuclininuium side chains. The co-polymer may include xanthene or bibenzofuran. The anion exchange branched co-polymer may be more durable and have less creep and may have a higher ion exchange capacity (IEC) due to the structure and because some of the side chains may have multiple functional sites. The co-polymer may be cross-linked and may also include free radical inhibitors. The co-polymer may be incorporated into a support material and used in an anion exchange membrane or membrane electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Qiuying Zhang, Mengjie Chen, Bamdad Bahar, Sarah Toombs, Benjamin Kredensor
  • Publication number: 20250054423
    Abstract: A display system may comprise an array of pixels arranged to display an image and one or more imaging sensors. Each imaging sensor may be arranged with at least one pixel of the array. The display system may further comprise at least one communication line to provide an image to the array of pixels and to output the sensed data of the plurality of imaging sensors. The display system may further comprise an array of non-visible light quantum dots. The array non-visible light quantum dot may be arranged with the array of pixels such that each quantum dot converts light from the array of pixels to emissions in a non-visible light wavelength range. The display system may further comprise a one or more sensor pixels sensitive to light in the non-visible light wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Murray, Hongmei Zhang, Ethan Sun, Timothy Hogan, Michael James Hoppe, Benjamin Ivaldi
  • Patent number: 12214564
    Abstract: An optical assembly (200) including an encapsulated multilayer optical film (250). Methods of making and using such optical assemblies also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gregg A. Ambur, Douglas S. Dunn, Henry A. Kostalik, IV, Christopher S. DeGraw, Thomas P. Klun, Benjamin R. Coonce, Richard J. Pokorny, Chunjie Zhang, Laurent Froissard, Joseph S. Warner
  • Publication number: 20240391189
    Abstract: Co-curable and co-cured UV/visible light-resistant composite material assembly precursors used to make composite material assemblies comprise a compatible co-curable and co-cured peel ply protective layer to impart selected surface characteristics to the co-curable and co-cured composite material assembly precursor prior to peel ply removal and composite material precursor incorporation into a larger assembly are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Zhang Lam, Melinda Dae Miller, John Christopher Osborne, Bryan Joseph Withrow, Jason Russell Grindon, Jason Alan Bolles, Patrice Kathryn Ackerman, John Raymond Aubin, Kevin Lee Braun
  • Patent number: 11944934
    Abstract: A liquid desiccant regenerator configured to produce a first output stream with a higher concentration of a liquid desiccant than a first input stream. The regenerator also produces a second output stream with a lower concentration of the liquid desiccant than a second input stream. Regeneration of the liquid desiccant in the liquid desiccant regenerator decreases a temperature of the liquid desiccant regenerator. The system includes an air contactor coupled to the first output stream and exposing an input air stream to the first output stream. The first output stream absorbs water from the input air stream to form at least one diluted output desiccant stream. A heat pump of the system is thermally coupled to move the heat from the first output stream to the liquid desiccant regenerator. The heat moved to the liquid desiccant regenerator increases an efficiency of the liquid desiccant regenerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mojave Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Benedict, Aaron Meles, Eugene S. Beh, Francisco E Torres, Benjamin A Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230280049
    Abstract: A liquid desiccant regenerator configured to produce a first output stream with a higher concentration of a liquid desiccant than a first input stream. The regenerator also produces a second output stream with a lower concentration of the liquid desiccant than a second input stream. Regeneration of the liquid desiccant in the liquid desiccant regenerator decreases a temperature of the liquid desiccant regenerator. The system includes an air contactor coupled to the first output stream and exposing an input air stream to the first output stream. The first output stream absorbs water from the input air stream to form at least one diluted output desiccant stream. A heat pump of the system is thermally coupled to move the heat from the first output stream to the liquid desiccant regenerator. The heat moved to the liquid desiccant regenerator increases an efficiency of the liquid desiccant regenerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Philip FARESE, Brian KIENITZ, Michael BENEDICT, Aaron MELES, Eugene S. BEH, Benjamin A. ZHANG, Francisco E. TORRES
  • Publication number: 20230191312
    Abstract: A liquid desiccant regenerator configured to produce a first output stream with a higher concentration of a liquid desiccant than a first input stream. The regenerator also produces a second output stream with a lower concentration of the liquid desiccant than a second input stream. Regeneration of the liquid desiccant in the liquid desiccant regenerator decreases a temperature of the liquid desiccant regenerator. The system includes an air contactor coupled to the first output stream and exposing an input air stream to the first output stream. The first output stream absorbs water from the input air stream to form at least one diluted output desiccant stream. A heat pump of the system is thermally coupled to move the heat from the first output stream to the liquid desiccant regenerator. The heat moved to the liquid desiccant regenerator increases an efficiency of the liquid desiccant regenerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Benedict, Aaron Meles, Eugene S. Beh, Francisco E. Torres, Benjamin A. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220332870
    Abstract: The invention provides for new polymer compounds and methods for the preparation of modular narrow band gap conjugated compounds and polymers that incorporate exocyclic cross-conjugated donors or substituents, as well as novel monomer components of such polymers and the resulting products which comprise materials and useful electronic devices with novel functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jason D. Azoulay, Benjamin A. Zhang, Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 11312819
    Abstract: The invention provides for new polymer compounds and methods for the preparation of modular narrow band gap conjugated compounds and polymers that incorporate exocyclic cross-conjugated donors or substituents, as well as novel monomer components of such polymers and the resulting products which comprise materials and useful electronic devices with novel functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: The University of Southern Mississippi, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jason D. Azoulay, Yi Liu, Benjamin A. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190194385
    Abstract: The invention provides for new polymer compounds and methods for the preparation of modular narrow band gap conjugated compounds and polymers that incorporate exocyclic cross-conjugated donors or substituents, as well as novel monomer components of such polymers and the resulting products which comprise materials and useful electronic devices with novel functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jason D. Azoulay, Yi Liu, Benjamin A. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150293603
    Abstract: A single hand keyboard is disclosed. The single hand keyboard comprises on a left side a plurality of keys representing one half of a typing keyboard wherein each key is a pair of characters representing the normal and function keys of a full keyboard layout, one of the characters being normally associated with the key in a typing keyboard and the other character being associated with an opposite key of the other half of the typing keyboard by overlapping and combining the characters for each key. One or more toggle keys are provided for switching between the pair of characters indicated on each key of the keyboard wherein said switching is indicated by one or more LEDs. The right side of the single hand keyboard comprises the standard grouping of special, lock and direction keys including a standard numeric keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dan Liang, Jeffrey Zhang, Benjamin Zhang, Chun Zhao
  • Patent number: D1066468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MANTA SLEEP LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Schwarz, Mark Zhang
  • Patent number: D1066474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MANTA SLEEP LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Schwarz, Mark Zhang