Patents by Inventor John (Qiang) Zhang

John (Qiang) Zhang 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: 20250252876
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) a support structure, (2) a lens, mounted to the support structure, (3) a power source, and (4) a multi-microdevice unit, positioned on the lens, that includes a first microdevice powered by a first type of current, a second microdevice powered by a second type of current, and a microconverter. The power source may transmit the first type of current to the multi-microdevice where the first type of current is received by the first microdevice and by the microconverter. The microconverter may convert the first type of current, received from the power source, to the second type of current and transmit the converted second type of current to the second microdevice within the multi-microdevice unit. Various other wearable devices, apparatuses, and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuo Morimoto, Jiang Zhu, Kuan Pei Yap, John Ho
  • Publication number: 20250252671
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a data structure for storing primitive data for a number of primitives and vertex data for a plurality of vertices, wherein each primitive is defined with reference to one or more of the plurality of vertices. The vertex data comprises data for more than one view, such as a left view and a right view, with vertex parameter values for a first group of vertex parameters being stored separately for each view and vertex parameter values for a second, non-overlapping group of vertex parameters being stored only once and used when rendering either or both views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: John W. Howson
  • Publication number: 20250249865
    Abstract: A catalytic converter shield assembly including a catalytic converter shield and vehicles including the catalytic converter shield assembly. The catalytic converter shield includes a first panel having an inner surface and an opposite outer surface, a second panel having an inner surface facing the first panel and an opposite outer surface, a wire array provided between the first panel and the second panel, and a heat shielding layer provided on the outer surface of the second panel opposite the wire array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Century Plastics, LLC d/b/a CIE USA
    Inventors: Todd Rupert Muck, Ryan C. Harris, Jeffery M. Nelson, John Louis Miklas, Joseph J. Swailes
  • Publication number: 20250249893
    Abstract: A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a detection unit configured to measure sound emitted by an object, and a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and detect object presence in proximity to the first vehicle based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to estimate at least one of an object position or an object direction relative to the first vehicle responsive to detecting the presence of the object, and control a vehicle component operation based on the estimation of at least one of the object position or the object direction. The system may be a part of the vehicle or may be part of a user device communicatively coupled to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vivekanandh Elangovan, Keith Weston, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Joshua Wheeler, Sai Prasanth Velusamy
  • Publication number: 20250249668
    Abstract: Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Bay Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Ray F. Stewart, John Lahlouh
  • Publication number: 20250249242
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described and illustrated for percutaneously implanting a stimulation lead for treating sleep-related disordered breathing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Christopherson, Quan Ni, John Rondoni
  • Publication number: 20250249267
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) may include a first transceiver configured to operate in a first advertising mode, whereby the first transceiver transmits a first advertising signal at a first rate; one or more sensors configured to sense first data; a memory storing instructions; and a microcontroller circuit operatively coupled to the first transceiver, the microcontroller circuit being configured, in response to executing the instructions stored in the memory, to selectively cause the first transceiver to begin operating in the first advertising mode based on the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Michael Shelton, Hitesh Shyamkumar Hotlani, John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20250250489
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coking coal blends to produce foundry coke products are disclosed herein. Methods for producing coke products can include charging a coal blend into a coke oven; and heating the charged coal blend such that a crown temperature of the coke oven is greater than a lower bound coking temperature. The pyrolysis duration begins when the crown temperature of the oven is greater than the lower bound coking temperature, and ends when the crown temperature of the oven is less than the lower bound coking temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: John Francis Quanci, John Michael Richardson, Jonathan Hale Perkins
  • Publication number: 20250250286
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain pyridopyrimidine and pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine inhibitors of Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (KRAS) oncoproteins, and more particularly to compounds of Formula I as well as compositions comprising Formula I and methods of using the compound of Formula I for the treatment or prevention of a disease, disorder, or medical condition mediated through KRAS, especially the KRAS G12D oncoprotein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Don Zhang, Jirong Peng, Michael John Costanzo, Michael Alan Green, Michael Nicholas Greco, Stephen Bolgunas
  • Publication number: 20250252465
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for surfacing local merchants with enhanced rewards opportunities to customers. First, a computing device can determine that a merchant satisfies a qualification criterion and add the merchant to a list of qualified merchants. Then, the computing device can send a message to a client application executing on a client device associated with a transaction account, the notification indicating that the merchant is a qualified merchant. Then, the computing device receives a first message from the client device indicating that a user of the client device is travelling from a first location to the merchant. Later, the computing device receives a second message from the client device indicating that the user of the client device has arrived at the merchant. A distance traveled by the client device is calculated and award value is calculated based on the distance traveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Wilbert Alexander Abreu, Murari Chakrakodi, Vinay Kumar Chedalla, Arita Das, Bailey J. Fallon, Aleksander Guzman, Gopesh Kumar, Evan Y-Kit Lim, Srinivasa Mathkur, Darren John Murarik, Stephen J. Nunez, Jason Scott, Shoshana Sokolic
  • Publication number: 20250252468
    Abstract: A method for auditing for billing compliance through artificial intelligence includes: training an artificial intelligence (AI) engine using one or more one or more billing guidelines; receiving a billing entry including a reference identifier, amount, and description; instructing the AI engine to audit the billing entry using the billing guidelines; receiving a notification from the AI engine that includes at least one issue of noncompliance, billing guidelines associated with each issue of noncompliance, and at least one recommended revision for each issue of noncompliance; prompting, for each issue of noncompliance in the received notification, a user for acceptance a recommended revision or entry of a user-provided revision; updating the billing entry based on a result of the prompting for each issue of noncompliance; and submitting the updated billing entry for payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: John Reed HEWLETT, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250251275
    Abstract: An illumination source and method are disclosed for improving brightness uniformity. The illumination source may include a laser sustained plasma light source configured to generate a broadband light beam. The illumination source may include an adjustable reflector configured to be adjusted based on one or more signals indicative of a brightness distribution of the broadband light beam emitted along one or more directions. The illumination source may include a set of optics. The set of optics may be configured to split the broadband light beam into a first and second broadband light beam, invert the second broadband light beam, and recombine the first and second broadband light beam. The set of optics may be configured to image the illumination source at least twice, to receive a first and second broadband light beam and then combine the first and second broadband light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Deepak Kumar Batheja, Vahid Esfandyarpour, John Fielden
  • Publication number: 20250252814
    Abstract: A computing system receives a proposed bet selection for an event. The proposed bet selection includes team information and opponent information. The computing system generates a plurality of queries by analyzing the proposed bet selection. The computing system retrieves historical data related to the proposed bet selection based on the plurality of queries. The computing system analyzes the historical data to generate a plurality of insights related to the proposed bet selection. The computing system provides the historical data and the plurality of insights to a user submitting the proposed bet selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: STATS LLC
    Inventors: Nick Cockerill, Christian MARKO, John DICKINSON
  • Publication number: 20250252820
    Abstract: Methods and systems for online casino games and related aspects are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting a data stream of online casino game content to a remote electronic device; registering wagers on one or more outcomes out of a set of possible outcomes of the online casino game based on data received from the remote electronic device; randomly assigning bonus elements for a subset of outcomes out of the set of possible outcomes, wherein each bonus element is associated with a bonus game; in response to an auxiliary wager being registered on a bonus catcher field comprised in the online casino game content, registering the auxiliary wager on each of the outcomes having assigned bonus elements; and outputting a winning outcome out of the set of possible outcomes based on a random number generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Todd Haushalter, Anete Grigorjeva, Tomass Dimza, Alexander Dougal John Goodman
  • Publication number: 20250252847
    Abstract: A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
  • Publication number: 20250248841
    Abstract: A container including an opening in a top portion sized and adapted to receive water from a water source; one or more side walls and a bottom wall below the opening, the one or more side walls and the bottom wall forming at least one interior compartment; a plurality of apertures on the bottom wall; and one or more fasteners in the top portion above the opening, the one or more fasteners being adapted to attach the container to the water source, wherein the one or more side walls incorporate an insulating material and the at least one interior compartment is thereby adapted to contain a cooling substance for cooling the water received from the water source and to allow cooled water to exit the at least one interior compartment through the plurality of apertures on the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: ARCTIC SHOWER LLC
    Inventor: John Bartholomew Quirk, III
  • Publication number: 20250248438
    Abstract: Certain embodiments include a screen assembly of a vessel, where the screen assembly includes a plurality of fixed elements and a retainer, and the retainer includes a ring, a plurality of wedges disposed about the ring, and a plurality of keyholes at spaced locations about the ring. Each keyhole includes a bore and a slot extending from the bore into an adjacent wedge of the plurality of wedges, the slots have a width less than the bores, and the retainer may receive the fixed elements through the bores and may be rotated in a relation with the plurality of fixed elements to bring the plurality of fixed elements into simultaneous engagement with the wedges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel HULL, Adam LISBETH, William SAMMLER, John TILLEY
  • Publication number: 20250249030
    Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a storage stable pharmaceutical composition comprising a sulfated glycosaminoglycan having an average molecular weight ranging from 3,000 to 15,000 Daltons, and a pharmaceutical carrier, where the pharmaceutical carrier is mixed with the sulfated glycosaminoglycan, as well as this composition's use in a method of treating a subject for a medically observable improvement. Another aspect of the present application relates to a process for producing a storage stable purified sulfated glycosaminoglycan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Michael VAUGHN, Joshua Alan HARRISON, Karl F. POPP, David J. FAIRFAX, Thomas Edward D'AMBRA, John QUINN
  • Publication number: 20250250120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining operational conditions of a linear motor conveyor system are disclosed. Linear motor conveyor systems used in industrial/manufacturing environments comprise a plurality of linearly-moving elements, also referred to as shuttles or pallets, that operate on a track of the linear motor conveyor system. Determining operational conditions of a linear motor conveyor system involves receiving acceleration data from a linearly-moving element, and determining an operational condition of the linearly-moving element and/or the track based on the acceleration data. The operational condition can be utilized to identify anomalies in the operation of the linearly-moving element and/or track, such as anomalies related to a wheel or a bearing of the linearly-moving element, and/or anomalies related to a track section(s) on which the linearly-moving element operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Fisher AIKENS, Albert John KLEINIKKINK
  • Publication number: 20250252538
    Abstract: A gaming headset comprising a processing unit configured to: receive incomplete video frame data, representing a first portion of a video frame; predict video frame data by applying a machine learning algorithm to the incomplete video frame data to generate predicted video frame data; combine the incomplete video frame data and predicted video frame data to generate complete video frame data representing a whole video frame; output the complete video frame data to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Yen Leung, Maurizio Cerrato, Lawrence Martin Green, Maria Chiara Monti, Patrick John Connor, Rajeev Gupta