Patents by Inventor Benjamin Beck

Benjamin Beck 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).

  • Patent number: 11971171
    Abstract: A pilot cone for use in a burner arrangement having a pilot burner includes a casing which widens downstream along a burner axis and has a plurality of cooling air passages passing through it; an inner wall which extends upstream starting from the upstream end of the casing; an annular gap which runs along the inner wall on the radially outer side; and a plurality of cooling air openings which establish a connection between the annular gap and the cooling air passages. Another wall extends upstream at a distance from the inner wall starting from the casing and delimits the annular gap on the radially outer side, the inner wall having a plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Beck, Jürgen Meisl, Stefan Reich, Sabrina Isolde Siebelist, Christopher Grandt, Benjamin Witzel
  • Patent number: 11966441
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide a real-time Q&A interface, such as an online chatbot, either standing alone or as a live agent assistant, with predicative Q&A and resource suggestions. In one embodiment, the real-time Q&A interface uses data extracted from a user inquiry to identify and display a primary response, identify suggested inquiries from a knowledgebase and provide a user-selectable suggested inquiries indicator, and identify suggested content items from related content libraries or webpages and provide user-selectable suggested content item indicators. In one embodiment, the suggested content items include related videos and links to webpages with related content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CareerAmerica, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Kevin O'Shea, Timothy Kuminecz
  • Publication number: 20240068895
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor for determining the differential pressure between two pressures includes a converter chamber including a differential pressure measuring cell, and a measuring unit including a main body and a coplanar double-membrane system with two double membranes, each including a separating membrane and an overload membrane with a pressure chamber between the separating membrane and the overload membrane and an additional pressure chamber between the overload membrane and the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Florian Gutmann, Alexander Beck, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack, Michael Noack, Michael Hügel
  • Patent number: 11759089
    Abstract: A lint brush includes a housing and a lint tool having a lint-removing material. The lint tool is movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing between a stowed position where the lint tool is housed in the housing and a deployed position where the lint tool is extended from the housing. The lint tool is rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis from the deployed position to a first rotated position. An actuator is mounted to one of the housing and the lint tool. The actuator is configured to move the lint tool from the first rotated position back to the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Daniel John Connors, Conor Patrick McNamara, Benjamin Beck, Douglas A. Marsden, Ryan Donovan, Michael McDuffee, Jonathan Mark Liston, Phillip Seagram, Marina Eaves
  • Publication number: 20230177088
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide a real-time Q&A interface, such as an online chatbot, either standing alone or as a live agent assistant, with predicative Q&A and resource suggestions. In one embodiment, the real-time Q&A interface uses data extracted from a user inquiry to identify and display a primary response, identify suggested inquiries from a knowledgebase and provide a user-selectable suggested inquiries indicator, and identify suggested content items from related content libraries or webpages and provide user-selectable suggested content item indicators. In one embodiment, the suggested content items include related videos and links to webpages with related content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: CareerAmerica, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Kevin O'Shea, Timothy Kuminecz
  • Patent number: 11582990
    Abstract: A method of making a binder for extruded, pelleted, or agglomerated animal feed. The binder is made by treating biomass such as soybean hull or lemon peels with an aqueous acidic solution for a time, at a temperature, and at a pH sufficient to yield a first mixture containing biomass solids and partially dissolved biomass; and mechanically treating the first mixture of step to yield a first mechanically treated mixture; and then incorporating the first mechanically treated mixture as a binder in an animal feed. Also described are animal feeds made using the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Auburn University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Burak Aksoy, Zhihua Jiang, Mediha Aksoy, Benjamin Beck
  • Patent number: 11574014
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide a real-time Q&A interface, such as an online chatbot, either standing alone or as a live agent assistant, with predicative Q&A and resource suggestions. In one embodiment, the real-time Q&A interface uses data extracted from a user inquiry to identify and display a primary response, identify suggested inquiries from a knowledgebase and provide a user-selectable suggested inquiries indicator, and identify suggested content items from related content libraries or webpages and provide user-selectable suggested content item indicators. In one embodiment, the suggested content items include related videos and links to webpages with related content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CareerAmerica LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Kevin O'Shea, Timothy Kuminecz
  • Patent number: 11536666
    Abstract: A device for detecting volatile compounds. The device includes a substrate and a matrix disposed on the substrate. The matrix includes a carboxyl-rich binder, a clay, and a pH-sensitive indicator dye admixed with the binder and the clay. The pH-sensitive indicator dye is dimensioned and configured to change color in response to contact with a pre-determined concentration of a volatile compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Burak Aksoy, Zhihua Jiang, Mediha Aksoy, Benjamin Beck, Navid E. Alamdari
  • Publication number: 20220280019
    Abstract: A lint brush includes a housing and a lint tool having a lint-removing material. The lint tool is movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing between a stowed position where the lint tool is housed in the housing and a deployed position where the lint tool is extended from the housing. The lint tool is rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis from the deployed position to a first rotated position. An actuator is mounted to one of the housing and the lint tool. The actuator is configured to move the lint tool from the first rotated position back to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel John Connors, Conor Patrick McNamara, Benjamin Beck, Douglas A. Marsden, Ryan Donovan, Michael McDuffee, Jonathan Mark Liston, Phillip Seagram, Marina Eaves
  • Publication number: 20220035869
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide a real-time Q&A interface, such as an online chatbot, either standing alone or as a live agent assistant, with predicative Q&A and resource suggestions. In one embodiment, the real-time Q&A interface uses data extracted from a user inquiry to identify and display a primary response, identify suggested inquiries from a knowledgebase and provide a user-selectable suggested inquiries indicator, and identify suggested content items from related content libraries or webpages and provide user-selectable suggested content item indicators. In one embodiment, the suggested content items include related videos and links to webpages with related content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: CareerAmerica, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Kevin O'Shea, Timothy Kuminecz
  • Patent number: 11151195
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide a real-time Q&A interface, such as an online chatbot, either standing alone or as a live agent assistant, with predicative Q&A and resource suggestions. In one embodiment, the real-time Q&A interface uses data extracted from a user inquiry to identify and display a primary response, identify suggested inquiries from a knowledgebase and provide a user-selectable suggested inquiries indicator, and identify suggested content items from related content libraries or webpages and provide user-selectable suggested content item indicators. In one embodiment, the suggested content items include related videos and links to webpages with related content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CareerAmerica, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Kevin O'Shea, Timothy Kuminecz
  • Publication number: 20210140893
    Abstract: A device for detecting volatile compounds. The device includes a substrate and a matrix disposed on the substrate. The matrix includes a carboxyl-rich binder, a clay, and a pH-sensitive indicator dye admixed with the binder and the clay. The pH-sensitive indicator dye is dimensioned and configured to change color in response to contact with a pre-determined concentration of a volatile compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: Auburn University, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
    Inventors: Burak Aksoy, Zhihua Jiang, Mediha Aksoy, Benjamin Beck, Navid E. Alamdari
  • Patent number: 10868412
    Abstract: A cord grip has a conduit hub configured to be connected to an electronics housing. A bore is formed in the conduit hub and has a first end communicating with the electronics housing and a second end configured to be connected to a conduit. A wire seal retains electrical wiring and is located in the hub forming a liquid-tight seal between the first end and the second end. A channel for transporting liquid from the conduit has an inlet communicating with the conduit and an outlet communicating with the exterior of the electronics housing. An overmolded bond may be formed between the wire seal and the electrical wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ideal Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Ashok K. Rana, Gerry Thornton, Bradley Thomas, William Couch, Benjamin Beck, Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: D898378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Michael McDuffee, Ryan Donovan, Brian Poirier, Jonathan Liston
  • Patent number: D902025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Michael McDuffee, Ryan Donovan
  • Patent number: D906690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Michael McDuffee, Ryan Donovan, Brian Poirier, Jonathan Liston
  • Patent number: D907595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: POLYCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Martin Duys, Benjamin Beck, Jon Schau
  • Patent number: D935835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Marsden, Benjamin Beck, Ryan Donovan, Michael McDuffee
  • Patent number: D966055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Beck, Michael McDuffee, Phillip Seagram, Ryan Donovan, Jonathan Mark Liston
  • Patent number: D1007155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Daniel John Connors, Conor Patrick McNamara, Benjamin Beck, Douglas A. Marsden, Ryan Donovan, Michael McDuffee, Jonathan Mark Liston, Phillip Seagram, Marina Eaves