Patents by Inventor Eric Lee

Eric Lee 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: 12163451
    Abstract: A combined heat and power system for generating power using a hydrogen internal combustion engine and producing usable heat from the exhaust gases of the hydrogen internal combustion engine is described. The system includes a heat exchanger and reduction device, such as a catalytic converter. The heat exchanger may extract heat from the exhaust gases upstream of the catalytic converter and thereby control the heat of exhaust gases provided to the catalytic converter for reduction of exhaust gases. The catalytic converter may use hydrogen as a reducing agent, thereby using the same fuel source for powering the engine and reduction of the exhaust gases rather than separate working fluids. The heat exchanger and/or operating parameters of the system may be controlled to control a temperature of exhaust gases at the catalytic converter and thereby control efficiency of the conversion of exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Loetz, Joshua Lynn Ratts, Eric Lee Schroeder, Joel Hiltner
  • Publication number: 20240406342
    Abstract: A wall mount device is provided and may be configured to mount a display module, configured to display an image on a front surface of the display module, to a wall. The wall mount device may include: a wall bracket configured to be mounted on the wall; a mounting bracket that is mountable on a rear surface of the display module and including a mounting guide that extends to an upper side of the display module; and a guide member configured to couple to the wall bracket and, in a case where the display module is being mounted on the wall, guide the mounting guide on the upper side of the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chanhyuck YIM, Jihye MIN, Doyun BAEK, Eric LEE, Sangki YOON, Wookjin LEE, Yoseob CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240392449
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus for electrocatalytically converting carbon dioxide emissions and/or ambient carbon dioxide into useful chemicals are described. The process may include: removing carbon dioxide from ambient air through a carbon capture technique, supplying a carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution as cathode feed to a cathode of an electrolytic cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly which includes a bipolar membrane separating an anode from the cathode, and applying an electrical potential difference between the cathode and the anode of the membrane electrode assembly to electrocatalytically reduce the carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution to carbon monoxide or another useful chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Danielle SALVATORE, Tengfei LI, Maxwell GOLDMAN, Eric LEES
  • Publication number: 20240387863
    Abstract: A cathode configured for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, wherein the grains comprise lithium. A thickness of the body is from 3 ?m to 100 ?m. The first major surface and the second major surface have an unpolished granular profile such that the profile includes grains protruding outward from the respective major surface with a height of at least 25 nm and no more than 150 ?m relative to recessed portions of the respective major surface at boundaries between the respective grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Jennifer Anella Heine, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Zhen Song, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Conor James Walsh
  • Publication number: 20240384675
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses an additive added to the exhaust of the internal combustion engine to maintain a range of NO2 to NO within a range that provides for a fast SCR reaction in a selective catalyst reduction unit. The additive and the exhaust enter a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), whereby the NO2 undergoes a two-stage process. In the first stage, the NO2 from the exhaust is adsorbed onto the precious metal catalyst of the DOC and an atomic oxygen is removed from the NO2, reducing the NO2 to NO. Because of the higher reactivity of the additive, the additive scavenges a portion of the atomic oxygen from the catalyst. During the second stage of the DOC process, the NO is oxidized over the catalyst to form NO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lynn Ratts, Abhay Gupta, Arnold Myoungjin Kim, Eric Lee Schroeder, Kenth I Svensson
  • Publication number: 20240368776
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus for electrocatalytically converting carbon dioxide emissions and/or ambient carbon dioxide into useful chemicals are described. The process may include: removing carbon dioxide from ambient air through a carbon capture technique, supplying a carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution as cathode feed to a cathode of an electrolytic cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly which includes a bipolar membrane separating an anode from the cathode, and applying an electrical potential difference between the cathode and the anode of the membrane electrode assembly to electrocatalytically reduce the carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution to carbon monoxide or another useful chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Danielle SALVATORE, Tengfei LI, Maxwell GOLDMAN, Eric LEES
  • Publication number: 20240365855
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for cleaning of a pipe. In particular the present disclosure provides systems and methods for cleaning cannabis resin from a pipe. Devices of the present disclosure comprise a basket for receipt of a pipe, the basket positionable within a cleaning lumen. Wherein a cleaning fluid is propelled through the inner lumen of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Lee Karnehm
  • Publication number: 20240358995
    Abstract: A blood circulation assist system includes a ventricular assist device (VAD) and a controller. The VAD is attachable to a heart of a patient to pump blood from a ventricle of the heart into a blood vessel of the patient. The VAD includes an impeller, a motor stator operable to rotate the impeller, and an accelerometer generating an accelerometer output indicative of accelerations of the VAD. The controller is configured to process the accelerometer output to generate patient monitoring data for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: John Freddy Hansen, John Donald Hill, Peter Andriola, Daniel I. Harjes, Eric Lee, Gionata Valchera, Nichole Mercier, Urim Salltakaj
  • Patent number: 12129807
    Abstract: Operating an engine system includes combusting a gaseous hydrogen fuel (H2) and a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel (HC) at a first substitution ratio in a cylinder in an engine, determining at least one of an H2 fueling command or an HC fueling command based on an H2 availability input and an H2 cost, and outputting the H2 fueling command and the HC fueling command to an H2 injector and an HC admission valve, respectively. Operating the engine system further includes combusting H2 and HC at a varied substitution ratio based on the H2 fueling command and the HC fueling command. At least one of the H2 fueling command or the HC fueling command may be based on a monitored CO2 exhaust level which may be used to populate a stored history of CO2 output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Schroeder, Michael Todd Graziano, Jr., Jaswinder Singh, David Todd Montgomery
  • Patent number: 12129286
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to, inter alia, cells expressing both a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and membrane bound IL-12 and the use of these cells to target and treat cancers (e.g., solid tumors and cancers expressing CD19, CD22, BCMA, PSCA, HER2, TAG-72, and PSCA). The disclosure also relates to cells expressing a membrane bound IL-12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: City of Hope
    Inventors: Saul J. Priceman, John P. Murad, Eric Lee
  • Publication number: 20240346192
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to fenestration product selection and/or configuration systems with geospatial data related features and related methods. In an embodiment, a fenestration product configuration system is included having a control circuit, a geospatial location circuit, and a display output circuit. The fenestration product configuration system is configured to determine and/or receive information on appropriate fenestrations for a fenestration project site based in part on data from the geospatial location circuit. The display output circuit is configured to generate data for a visual display including information regarding the appropriate fenestrations. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine April Stephan Graham, Jeff Lien, Josef Hubert Wegele, Eric Lee Ottem
  • Publication number: 20240326319
    Abstract: A machine including an adjustable cradle configured to hold, individually at different times, electronic devices having different dimensions. The machine also can include an alignment base configured to engage, individually at different times, with alignment mechanisms of overlay applicators, each respective one of the overlay applicators comprising a respective overlay configured to be applied to a respective surface of each of the electronic devices. The machine can be configured to facilitate applying, individually at different times, the respective overlays to the respective surfaces of the electronic devices. The adjustable cradle can include a second adjustable holder and a third adjustable holder opposite the second adjustable holder. The second adjustable holder and the third adjustable holder can be configured to adjust a respective position of each of the electronic devices held in the adjustable cradle with respect to the alignment base. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Belkin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee, Stanley Cheung, Steven Lane, Kazuyoshi Raijin Otani, David A. Kleeman, John F. Wadsworth, Aaron Ka Hoo Poon
  • Publication number: 20240315581
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to heart treatment systems. In some aspects, methods and systems are provided for facilitating communication between implanted devices. For example, an implantable cardiac rhythm management device may be configured to communicate with an implantable blood pump. The implantable cardiac rhythm management device may deliver heart stimulation rate information in addition to information associated with any detected abnormalities in heart function. In response, the pump may be configured to adjust pumping by the pump to better accommodate a patient's particular needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Daniel I. Harjes, John Freddy Hansen, Joseph C. Stark, III, Ghazal Anvar Mauro, Eric Lee, Justin A. Callaway, Onur Dur
  • Patent number: 12092686
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrically coupling an electrical interface of a unit under test with a debugging component includes a bracket assembly having a socket configured to electrically couple with the electrical interface, a baseplate assembly configured to secure the unit under test on a plate, a crane assembly coupled to the bracket assembly, and a cable assembly. The crane assembly is configured to enable movement of the socket relative to the electrical interface in each of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and an angular direction; and secure the socket in place relative to the electrical interface while applying a force by the socket against the electrical interface. The cable assembly is associated in part with the bracket assembly and is configured to electrically couple with the socket at a first end and with the debugging component at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Dean Schwerdt, Daniel Roy Ostrander, David Alexander Jachmann, Lynn Charles Berning, Robert Joseph Harvey, Eric Lee Severtson, Curtis Adam Harper
  • Patent number: 12085050
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses a switching rail in combination with a first fuel rail to operate the internal combustion engine of the system. The first fuel rail receives the first fuel for combustion within one or more of the combustion cylinders of the internal combustion engine. The switching rails are configured to receive either the first fuel or a second fuel. A controller is used to operate a switching valve that, depending on the position of the switching valve, routes or directs either the second fuel or the first fuel from their respective fuel tanks. In a switching condition, such as startup, shutdown, or when the second fuel is not available, the controller can use the first fuel as the alternate source of fuel provided through the switching rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Hoisan Kim, Arnold Myoungjin Kim, Dana Ray Coldren, Eric Lee Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20240296422
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide measures of user workload when generating units of work based on chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, obtain content information characterizing content of chat sessions between users, identify potential units of work, identify potential assignees of the potential units of work, obtain the user records of the potential assignees, generate views of a workload display pane, and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
  • Patent number: 12075726
    Abstract: A stalk roller assembly for an agricultural system includes a stalk roller having a hollow shaft. The hollow shaft has a first end having a first shape, such that the first end engages a guide element. Furthermore, the hollow shaft has a second end having a second shape that engages a drive shaft, such that the first shape is different than the second shape. In addition, the hollow shaft is formed from a single piece of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Eric Lee Walker, Eric Roland Fredricks
  • Patent number: 12064612
    Abstract: A blood circulation assist system includes a ventricular assist device (VAD) and a controller. The VAD is attachable to a heart of a patient to pump blood from a ventricle of the heart into a blood vessel of the patient. The VAD includes an impeller, a motor stator operable to rotate the impeller, and an accelerometer generating an accelerometer output indicative of accelerations of the VAD. The controller controls operation of the motor stator to control rotational speed of the impeller based on the accelerometer output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: John Freddy Hansen, John Donald Hill, Peter Andriola, Daniel I. Harjes, Eric Lee, Gionata Valchera, Nichole Mercier, Urim Salltakaj
  • Publication number: 20240272920
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing automated assistance in chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are described. Exemplary implementations may: obtain content information characterizing content of the chat sessions between the users of the collaboration environment; identify content items based on the content from the chat sessions; effectuate presentation of one or more automated communications within the chat sessions that correspond to the one or more content items identified based on the content from the chat sessions where presentations of the one or more automated communications suspends the sending of the content to a receiving user of the chat sessions; and/or other perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
  • Publication number: 20240254183
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to, inter alia, cells expressing both a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and membrane bound IL-12 and the use of these cells to target and treat cancers (e.g., solid tumors and cancers expressing CD19, CD22, BCMA, PSCA, HER2, TAG-72, and PSCA). The disclosure also relates to cells expressing a membrane bound IL-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Saul J. Priceman, John P. MURAD, Eric LEE