Patents by Inventor Jennifer Mak

Jennifer Mak 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: 20240090810
    Abstract: A neurofeedback system includes an EEG apparatus, a presentation apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) cause the presentation apparatus to display an overlaid image to the user that comprises a first image flickering at a first frequency and a second image flickering at a second frequency different than the first frequency, the first image being an affective distractor stimulus image and the second image being a task-relevant stimulus image, (ii) receive from the EEG apparatus a number of first steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) signals generated in response the first image of the overlaid image and a number of second SSVEP signals generated in response the second image of the overlaid image, and (iii) calculate feedback indicative of how much attention of the was user allocated to the task-relevant stimulus image versus how much attention of the user was allocated to the affective distractor stimulus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UPMC, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mary L. Woody, Murat Akcakaya, Sarah Ostadabbas, Rebecca Price, Xiaofei Huang, Richard T. Gall, Anna Wears, Nastasia O. McDonald, Jennifer Mak
  • Patent number: 10647310
    Abstract: An end hose support assembly for a rail car is disclosed. The end hose support assembly may include a rear support bracket configured to be removably engaged within a yoke and the support assembly may constrain the lateral and vertical movement of a portion of the trainline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TTX Company
    Inventors: Keith Songer, Joseph M. Hettinger, Jason H. Rounds, Jason Reiling, Jennifer Mak, Andres Montoya, George Vermesi, Chris Munn
  • Publication number: 20190031213
    Abstract: An end hose support assembly for a rail car is disclosed. The end hose support assembly may include a rear support bracket configured to be removably engaged within a yoke and the support assembly may constrain the lateral and vertical movement of a portion of the trainline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Keith Songer, Joseph M. Hettinger, Jason H. Rounds, Jason Reiling, Jennifer Mak, Andres Montoya, George Vermesi, Chris Munn
  • Patent number: 9951887
    Abstract: A pipe clamp wedge is disclosed that can be used with an existing pipe clamp anchor to secure a brake line pipe to a rail car. The wedge has a cradle portion having a concave side receiving the pipe, and a convex wedge side opposite the concave side. The cradle portion has a height increasing in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of opposed channels on lateral sides of the wedge are adapted to receive tabs on the pipe anchor. A pair of tabs on the wedge extends in the opposite direction from the tabs on the pipe anchor on either side of the cradle portion. Thus, the wedge can be slid onto the anchor, tightening around the pipe as the wedge moves in the longitudinal direction onto the anchor, and the wedge is dimensioned so that when the wedge cannot move further, the tabs on the wedge extend beyond the pipe anchor and may be bent up (toward the railcar) to secure the wedge. The parts of the combination are adapted so that sliding the pipe onto the anchor and bending the tabs may be done with a hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: STRATO, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Foxx, Zhen Liu, Jennifer Mak, Larry Hixon
  • Patent number: 9637142
    Abstract: A system for preventing manway cover gasket over-compression utilizes machined surfaces on the top of eye bolt lugs on the side of a manway nozzle, machined compression stops on the periphery of the cover, and a specified distance between the top of the eye bolt lug and the manway nozzle edge to engage the stops at a predetermined amount of gasket compression. Force is distributed over an increased contact surface area between the manway cover and the bolt lugs to ensure that deformation occurs preferentially in the eye bolts before any other component in the manway cover system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: STRATO, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Reiling, Jennifer Mak, Michael Serra
  • Publication number: 20170089490
    Abstract: A pipe clamp wedge is disclosed that can be used with an existing pipe clamp anchor to secure a brake line pipe to a rail car. The wedge has a cradle portion having a concave side receiving the pipe, and a convex wedge side opposite the concave side. The cradle portion has a height increasing in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of opposed channels on lateral sides of the wedge are adapted to receive tabs on the pipe anchor. A pair of tabs on the wedge extends in the opposite direction from the tabs on the pipe anchor on either side of the cradle portion. Thus, the wedge can be slid onto the anchor, tightening around the pipe as the wedge moves in the longitudinal direction onto the anchor, and the wedge is dimensioned so that when the wedge cannot move further, the tabs on the wedge extend beyond the pipe anchor and may be bent up (toward the railcar) to secure the wedge. The parts of the combination are adapted so that sliding the pipe onto the anchor and bending the tabs may be done with a hammer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. FOXX, Jennifer Mak, Larry Hixon, Zhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20160355195
    Abstract: A system for preventing manway cover gasket over-compression utilizes machined surfaces on the top of eye bolt lugs on the side of a manway nozzle, machined compression stops on the periphery of the cover, and a specified distance between the top of the eye bolt lug and the manway nozzle edge to engage the stops at a predetermined amount of gasket compression. Force is distributed over an increased contact surface area between the manway cover and the bolt lugs to ensure that deformation occurs preferentially in the eye bolts before any other component in the manway cover system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jason REILING, Jennifer Mak, Michael Serra
  • Patent number: D779299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Strato, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Foxx, Zhen Liu, Larry Hixon, Jennifer Mak