Patents by Inventor Benjamin C. Smith

Benjamin C. Smith 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: 20240191441
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a curb cutting assembly. The curb cutting assembly is mounted on the chassis. The curb cutting assembly includes a main beam, a saw assembly, vertical cylinders, horizontal cylinders, pivot cylinders, and a pump. The vertical cylinders are configured to raise and lower the main beam in a vertical direction. The horizontal cylinders are configured to extend or retract the main beam in a lateral direction. The pivot cylinders are configured to extend or retract to pivot the main beam, the horizontal cylinders, and the vertical cylinders about a longitudinal direction. The pump is configured to be driven by the engine and pressurize hydraulic fluid for the saw assembly, the vertical cylinders, the horizontal cylinders, and the pivot cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: John G. Veldboom, Brendon J. Veldboom, Benjamin C. Smith, Carlos L. Villarreal, Connor N. Gwynne, Daniel D. Schraufnagel, Gary D. Riha
  • Patent number: 10454778
    Abstract: One or more servers are deployed in a cloud-based environment such that the cloud-based servers are configured to interface with one or more object processing target sites. In response to an object processing command, various combinations of feasible activities to perform at feasible target sites (e.g., object processing sites) are considered so as to generate object processing scenarios capable of executing object processing commands while observing constraints that may derive from the nature of, and/or attributes pertaining to the object processing sites. A scenario including a determination of one or more target sites is selected from the considered object processing scenarios. The selected one or more target sites are used to activate the object processing commands (e.g., for computation and/or for storage activities). A target site may be a country or state or other jurisdiction that inures benefits (e.g., tax benefits) and/or limitations (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ashar Rizqi, Jeffrey R. Queisser, Benjamin C. Smith, Kevin M. Greenan
  • Publication number: 20160359684
    Abstract: One or more servers are deployed in a cloud-based environment such that the cloud-based servers are configured to interface with one or more object processing target sites. In response to an object processing command, various combinations of feasible activities to perform at feasible target sites (e.g., object processing sites) are considered so as to generate object processing scenarios capable of executing object processing commands while observing constraints that may derive from the nature of, and/or attributes pertaining to the object processing sites. A scenario including a determination of one or more target sites is selected from the considered object processing scenarios. The selected one or more target sites are used to activate the object processing commands (e.g., for computation and/or for storage activities). A target site may be a country or state or other jurisdiction that inures benefits (e.g., tax benefits) and/or limitations (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ashar Rizqi, Jeffrey R. Queisser, Benjamin C. Smith, Kevin M. Greenan