Patents by Inventor Benjamin Hans

Benjamin Hans 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: 11948220
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
  • Patent number: 11938802
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for electric motorized wheel assemblies. An example wheel assembly for use with an electric vehicle disclosed herein includes an electric motor, a suspension assembly, and a frame mounting interface to attach the wheel assembly to a frame of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Hussain Z. Tajmahal, Marielle Conrad, Benjamin Jordan Curtis, David Earl Ooms, Yejin Han
  • Patent number: 11911956
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of occluding fluids, such as a high-density fluid (a “z-fluid”) or a low-density fluid (an “a-fluid”), to displace resin within a vat during 3D printing. Further, an a-fluid may act as a protective boundary for a 3D printing resin wherein the a-fluid sits on top of the printing resin. Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a process of assessing which regions of a computer-aided design (CAD) model take advantage of a buoying force supplied by the occluding fluid, such that fewer support structures are needed for printing a final CAD model compared to printing the CAD model without the occluding fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Adaptive 3D Technologies
    Inventors: Benjamin Robert Lund, Caleb Lund, Xun Han
  • Publication number: 20220164914
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
  • Patent number: 11238555
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
  • Publication number: 20200175632
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include dynamically selecting transportation options to present to a transportation requestor device based on current transportation network conditions and transportation requestor device history. In some embodiments, transportation network may have many different ways of arranging a transportation requestor's trip, such as private rides, shared rides, immediate rides, and delayed rides. In some examples, the requestor's choice of transportation option may have an impact on the transportation network. In anticipation of or in response to a transportation request, the method may determine which transportation options will better benefit the transportation network and determine which transportation options to display to the requestor and/or the prominence with which the transportation products are displayed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Abhinav Amrut Vora, Hao Yu Liu, Benjamin Han, Julia Yu, Le Guan, Xiaoyuan Xu, Mayank Gulati, Charles Parker Spielman, Chirag Chhagan Chheda, David Chouinard
  • Publication number: 20200061635
    Abstract: An active field polarized filter includes a scrimless filter media that includes a mixture of polypropylene fibers with polymethaphenylene isophtalamide fibers. This mixture may be in the form of a nonwoven material having a weight ratio of polymethaphenylene isophtalamide fibers to polypropylene fibers ranging between 5:95 and 50:50, and even more preferably between 10:90 and 30:70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Environmental Management Confederation, Inc.
    Inventors: Forwood C. Wiser, III, Benjamin Hans Kaeppner
  • Patent number: 10094412
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Publication number: 20180031024
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Patent number: 9816548
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Publication number: 20150377271
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel