Patents by Inventor Benjamin Shapiro

Benjamin Shapiro 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: 10576295
    Abstract: This disclosure includes a method for pushing an active agent into a patient's ear via the device. The agent can be pushed to a treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Didier A Depireux, Kenneth Dormer, Isaac B Rutel
  • Patent number: 10532646
    Abstract: The present invention introduces a retrofit method of regenerative braking where no components of an automobile are to be replaced or removed and none of their functionality is modified. The recovering energy system is implemented as an additional, one piece, complete device, placed onto the existing automobile wheel's hub, and covered by the automobile's wheel. The system includes a housing, turbines, accumulators, and valves which act to both store and dispel energy as needed. This method of regenerative braking is therefore applicable to all the automobiles, independent or their power source, to newly built automobiles and those already on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: REWHEEL, INC
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20190291562
    Abstract: The present invention introduces a retrofit method of regenerative braking where no components of an automobile are to be replaced or removed and none of their functionality is modified. The recovering energy system is implemented as an additional, one piece, complete device, placed onto the existing automobile wheel's hub, and covered by the automobile's wheel. The system includes a housing, turbines, accumulators, and valves which act to both store and dispel energy as needed. This method of regenerative braking is therefore applicable to all the automobiles, independent or their power source, to newly built automobiles and those already on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: ReWheel
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20190282400
    Abstract: A method, system, and device for magnetically pushing agents into an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OS MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Aleksandar Nacev
  • Publication number: 20190161062
    Abstract: While the concept of saving automobile's intake of fuel or electricity by converting kinetic energy of an automobile into some form of potential energy, usually either electrical potential or compressed gas potential, in order to later convert that energy back into kinetic energy, has been well recognised over the years, and while the number of regenerative braking techniques and devices have been introduced over the years, with the exception of an electrical engine/generator, these techniques have not been well adapted. That was caused in part by either not a very simple implementation of those devices or by a necessity to completely re-engineer automobile powertrain in order to use those techniques. Present invention introduces a method of regenerative braking where no components of an automobile are to be replaced or removed and none of their functionality is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: ReWheel, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Gabriel Shapiro, Roman Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10279785
    Abstract: The present invention introduces a retrofit method of regenerative braking where no components of an automobile are to be replaced or removed and not of their functionality is modified. The recovering energy system is implemented as an additional, one piece, complete device, placed onto the existing automobile wheel's hub, and covered by the automobile's wheel. The system includes a housing, turbines, accumulators, and valves which act to both store and dispel energy as needed. This method of regenerative braking is therefore applicable to all the automobiles, independent or their power source, to newly built automobiles and those already on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: REWHEEL, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Gabriel Shapiro, Roman Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10112329
    Abstract: A dual shot molded article of cutlery that includes a working end molded from a first material and a molded handle opposite the working end. The article is designed with one or more features that facilitate the efficient and effective manufacture of such products by an overmolding or coreback molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Modern Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Wlezien, Martin Rathgeber, Matthew Shapiro, Tuan Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20180280674
    Abstract: A device and method for directing an agent that is magnetic or magnetizable having a magnetic configuration in which a first magnet has a first magnetization that is opposite to a second magnetization of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet define a minimal convex set and the push node is outside the convex set. The first magnetic field and the second magnetic create a combined field and a pushing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10034633
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments enable determining and monitoring the location of at least one particle in a subject's body, as well as the status of a local environment within the body where the at least one particle is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS INC., UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Irving N. Weinberg, Edo Waks, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Patent number: 9956815
    Abstract: Overmolded articles of cutlery that include a first molded structure that includes a working end and a longitudinal support core extending away from the working end, the core including top and bottom surfaces and opposed sidewalls located along its length with the sidewalls having a height that extends above the top surface of the core; and a second molded structure present upon the top surface of the core between the sidewalls forming with the support core a handle for the article. Preferably, the first and second molded structures have different colors and the first molded structure includes islands so as to enhance the appearance of the cutlery. Also, methods of making these articles by overmolding the second molded structure over at least a portion of the first molded structure are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Modern Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Wlezien, Martin Rathgeber, Matthew Shapiro
  • Patent number: 9682502
    Abstract: A method of making a molded article having a curved surface, such as plates or serving trays, and the resulting molded articles. The in-mold label (IML) is a laminated film that includes a backing layer, a printed surface incorporating one or more designs thereon, a protective film layer, and one or more notches each having adjacent edges separated by a gap of predetermined distance and configured to intersect to ensure conformance of the IML to the angled or curved peripheral portion of the article. The article has front and back sides and a central portion bounded by a peripheral portion having a perimeter that is raised on the front side of the article wherein the peripheral portion transitions from the perimeter to the central portion by an angled surface, a curved surface or combinations thereof, with the article including the IML at least peripheral portion of the molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Modern Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Wlezien, J. Joseph Tokich
  • Publication number: 20170120490
    Abstract: A dual shot molded article of cutlery that includes a working end molded from a first material and a molded handle opposite the working end. The article is designed with one or more features that facilitate the efficient and effective manufacture of such products by an overmolding or coreback molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin SHAPIRO, Christopher WLEZIEN, Martin RATHGEBER, Matthew SHAPIRO, Tuan NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20160374488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molded article that includes a first molded structure that includes a working end, a bottom end, at least one wall member extending from the working end to the bottom end of the structure and at least partially or fully outlining a handle for the article, at least one decorative feature that resides on the handle surface of the article, and a connecting element that provides a flow path for first material to fill the decorative feature(s). The first molded structure is configured and dimensioned to receive a second material that also resides on the handle surface surrounding the decorative feature(s). The second shot molded structure is molded from the second material and includes surface portions that form top and bottom surfaces of the handle and that surround or encompass but do not cover the decorative feature(s) of the first molded structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin SHAPIRO, Christopher WLEZIEN, Martin RATHGEBER, Matthew SHAPIRO
  • Publication number: 20160023504
    Abstract: Overmolded articles of cutlery that include a first molded structure that includes a working end and a longitudinal support core extending away from the working end, the core including top and bottom surfaces and opposed sidewalls located along its length with the sidewalls having a height that extends above the top surface of the core; and a second molded structure present upon the top surface of the core between the sidewalls forming with the support core a handle for the article. Preferably, the first and second molded structures have different colors and the first molded structure includes islands so as to enhance the appearance of the cutlery. Also, methods of making these articles by overmolding the second molded structure over at least a portion of the first molded structure are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin SHAPIRO, Christopher WLEZIEN, Martin RATHGEBER, Matthew SHAPIRO
  • Publication number: 20150374543
    Abstract: A method, system, and device for magnetically pushing agents into an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Aleksandar Nacey
  • Publication number: 20150238110
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments enable determining and monitoring the location of at least one particle in a subject's body, as well as the status of a local environment within the body where the at least one particle is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Irving N. WEINBERG, Edo WAKS, Benjamin SHAPIRO
  • Patent number: 9108035
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for directing magnetizable particles comprising therapeutic agents to a target volume, or for guiding magnetizable particles comprising therapeutic agents from a first target volume to a second target volume, at a distance using a magnetic field, to enable the treatment of diseased areas including areas deep inside a patient's body. The methods may be used to diagnose or treat diseased areas within a patient, for example tumors of the lungs, intestines, and liver, and is also useful in enhancing the permeability of solid tumors to chemotherapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: University of Maryland, College Park, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Michael R. Emmert-Buck
  • Publication number: 20150111006
    Abstract: A method of making a molded article having a curved surface, such as plates or serving trays, and the resulting molded articles. The in-mold label (IML) is a laminated film that includes a backing layer, a printed surface incorporating one or more designs thereon, a protective film layer, and one or more notches each having adjacent edges separated by a gap of predetermined distance and configured to intersect to ensure conformance of the IML to the angled or curved peripheral portion of the article. The article has front and back sides and a central portion bounded by a peripheral portion having a perimeter that is raised on the front side of the article wherein the peripheral portion transitions from the perimeter to the central portion by an angled surface, a curved surface or combinations thereof, with the article including the IML at least peripheral portion of the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: MODERN PACKAGING LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin SHAPIRO, Christopher WLEZIEN, J. Joseph TOKICH
  • Patent number: 8968618
    Abstract: A method of making a molded article having a curved surface, such as plates or serving trays, and the resulting molded articles. The in-mold label (IML) is a laminated film that includes a backing layer, a printed surface incorporating one or more designs thereon, a protective film layer, and one or more notches each having adjacent edges separated by a gap of predetermined distance and configured to intersect to ensure conformance of the IML to the angled or curved peripheral portion of the article. The article has front and back sides and a central portion bounded by a peripheral portion having a perimeter that is raised on the front side of the article wherein the peripheral portion transitions from the perimeter to the central portion by an angled surface, a curved surface or combinations thereof, with the article including the IML at least peripheral portion of the molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Modern Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Wlezien, J. Joseph Tokich
  • Publication number: 20150024156
    Abstract: A method of making a molded article having a curved surface, such as plates or serving trays, and the resulting molded articles. The in-mold label (IML) is a laminated film that includes a backing layer, a printed surface incorporating one or more designs thereon, a protective film layer, and one or more notches each having adjacent edges separated by a gap of predetermined distance and configured to intersect to ensure conformance of the IML to the angled or curved peripheral portion of the article. The article has front and back sides and a central portion bounded by a peripheral portion having a perimeter that is raised on the front side of the article wherein the peripheral portion transitions from the perimeter to the central portion by an angled surface, a curved surface or combinations thereof, with the article including the IML at least peripheral portion of the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Modern Packaging
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Wlezien, J. Joseph Tokich