Patents by Inventor Michael A. Benjamin

Michael A. Benjamin 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: 20210309107
    Abstract: Embodiments of a curved vehicle display including a display module having a display surface, a curved glass substrate disposed on the display surface having a first major surface, a second major surface having a second surface area, and a thickness in a range from 0.05 mm to 2 mm, wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 200 mm or greater, wherein, when the display module emits a light, the light transmitted through the glass substrate has a substantially uniform color along 75% or more of the second surface area, when viewed at a viewing angle at a distance of 0.5 meters from the second surface. Methods of forming a curved vehicle display are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jordon Thomas Boggs, Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11140038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing network devices include performing clustering operations for network devices based on attributes of the network devices. By comparing the results of subsequent clustering operations, changes in network device attributes can be readily identified and any network devices for which attributes have changed may be subject to further investigation or remedial action (e.g., blocking traffic to/from the network device). Clustering may also be used to conduct an inventory of network devices by identifying groups of network devices that have similar attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20210297458
    Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20210282510
    Abstract: A slide fastener including two stringers and a pair of sliders mounted to one of the stringers. When first separated from each other, the first and second stringers can be secured to each other using the sliders starting at either end thereof. Also, a garment extender including the slide fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin McHugh
  • Publication number: 20210285642
    Abstract: A System for Aerodynamic Premixer for Reduced Emissions comprising a premixer is generally cylindrical in form and defined by the relationship in physical space between a first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of radial vanes. The first and second rings are found to be generally equidistant, one from the other, at all points along their facing surfaces. Radial vanes connect the first ring to the second ring and thereby form the premixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Nayan Vinodbhai Patel, Duane Douglas Thomsen, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20210231307
    Abstract: A System for Aerodynamic Premixer for Reduced Emissions comprising a premixer is generally cylindrical in form and defined by the relationship in physical space between a first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of radial vanes. The first and second rings are found to be generally equidistant, one from the other, at all points along their facing surfaces. Radial vanes connect the first ring to the second ring and thereby form the premixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nayan Vinodbhai Patel, Duane Douglas Thomsen, MIchael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20210230656
    Abstract: A method for producing and purifying human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) is provided. The method includes fermentation of a genetically modified microbial organism, preferably a genetically modified yeast strain, and downstream processing of the fermentation product using one or more of an enzymatic treatment, filtration, and a simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography step. Use of the resulting HMO in food or feed applications, preferably in infant food and/or formula is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur Maurits Christiaan JANSE, Michael Benjamin JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 11074257
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, a structured query comprising references to one or more objects associated with the online social network, identifying a set of target objects corresponding to the structured query, wherein each target object in the set is an object that is connected within the online social network to at least one of the objects referenced in the structured query, filtering the set of target objects based on a privacy setting of each of the connections to the target object, and generating search results comprising references to each target object from the post-filtered set that is connected to the first user within the online social network by a series of connections that have a visibility that is visible to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yofay Kari Lee, Michael Benjamin Cohen, Maxime Boucher, Alisson Gusatti Azzolini, Xiao Li, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11065960
    Abstract: Embodiments of a curved vehicle display including a display module having a display surface, a curved glass substrate disposed on the display surface having a first major surface, a second major surface having a second surface area, and a thickness in a range from 0.05 mm to 2 mm, wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 200 mm or greater, wherein, when the display module emits a light, the light transmitted through the glass substrate has a substantially uniform color along 75% or more of the second surface area, when viewed at a viewing angle at a distance of 0.5 meters from the second surface. Methods of forming a curved vehicle display are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jordon Thomas Boggs, Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11070655
    Abstract: An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Hill, Derek C. Krass, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, James B. Smith, Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Scott A. Myers
  • Publication number: 20210212753
    Abstract: A method for performing electrothermal therapy (ETT) includes inserting one or more electrodes into a target tissue, inserting one or more temperature sensors into the target tissue, selecting a pulse waveform for a plurality of electrical pulses, and delivering to the target tissue the plurality of electrical pulses having the selected pulse waveform through the one or more electrodes, wherein a delay between ones of the plurality of electrical pulses is selected based on a temperature reading from the one or more temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Sano, Christopher Carl Fesmire
  • Patent number: 11048669
    Abstract: A transaction request is received at a journal-based state management system. The transaction request includes a register processing section indicating an operation to be performed at a journal register allocated to the transaction submitter to store state information of an application. Based on the results of a conflict detection operation performed with respect to the transaction request and on the result of the operation on the journal register, the transaction request is accepted for commit. The value of the journal register is stored at a node of the state management system and provided to the transaction submitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Deardeuff, Timothy Daniel Cole, Aaron Gifford Freshwater, Allan Henry Vermeulen
  • Patent number: 11038780
    Abstract: A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin, Skyler J. Bingham, John S. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20210160278
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for utilizing verified autonomous system (AS) network interconnections received via a cryptographically certified Recognized Operating Agency (ROA) object to generate an interconnect network model which may be used as a reference model to mitigate hijacking of network communications in downstream route announcements. In particular, AS networks may announce or share a cryptographically certified ROA object that includes a list of other AS networks to which the announcing network is connected. A router, server, or other networking device may receive ROA objects from multiple AS networks and generate a model or graph of the interconnectedness of the AS networks. Further, because each ROA object may be cryptographically certified or signed, the networking device may trust the information provided in the received ROA objects. The networking device may further verify announced routing information against the generated network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin
  • Patent number: 10971909
    Abstract: Interchangeable driver systems including at least a driver and a receptacle are disclosed. The receptacle provides a compartment, space, or other connection point for a power input as well as connecting structure that releasably and interchangeably connects to the driver. The driver has complementary electrical and mechanical connecting structure. The electrical and mechanical connections between the driver and the receptacle are such that when a mechanical connection between them is made, an electrical connection is also made. The receptacle may take the form of an enclosure that surrounds a substantial portion of the driver, or it may take the form of a short base with a socket that receives a connecting portion of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Edward Rood, Michael Benjamin Goodman
  • Publication number: 20210043542
    Abstract: A module. In some embodiments, the module includes a substrate; a plurality of electronic components, secured to an upper surface of the substrate; a thermally conductive heat spreader, on the electronic components and in thermal contact with an electronic component of the plurality of electronic components; a standoff, between the substrate and the heat spreader; an alignment element, extending into the substrate; a hard stop, under the substrate; and a plurality of compressible interconnects, under the substrate, and extending through the hard stop. The electronic components may be within a sight area of the substrate. The module may be configured to transmit a compressive load from an upper surface of the standoff to a lower surface of the substrate through a load path not including any of the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Brown, Alberto F. Viscarra, Michael M. Fitzgibbon, John A. Crockett, JR., Chad E. Patterson, Kevin C. Rolston, Duke Quach, Kevin P. Agustin
  • Publication number: 20210024966
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for reducing emulsion during the process of obtaining a microbial oil comprising one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from one or more microbial cells by maintaining the level of carbohydrate at less than 15 g/Kg in the fermentation broth. Further disclosed herein is microbial oil comprising one or more PUFAs that is recovered from microbial cells by at least one process described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Martin HEINING, Michael Benjamin JOHNSON, Neil Francis LEININGER, Shannon Elizabeth Ethier RESOP, Justin Edward STANCZYK, Vinod TARWADE
  • Publication number: 20210019699
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for drone delivery. One of the methods includes: receiving, at the UAV, information about a location of a drop beacon comprising GPS coordinates of a location of a drop beacon; navigating the UAV towards the location based on the information using GPS coordinates of the drop beacon; when reaching a proximity of the drop beacon, transmitting a first radio signal from the UAV with information relatable by the drop beacon; receiving, at the UAV, a second radio signal from the drop beacon; identifying, at the UAV, a line-of-sight signal from the drop beacon; navigating the UAV to the drop beacon based on the line-of-sight signal; and delivering, from the UAV, the goods to the location of the drop beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Timothy Bornski, Michael Benjamin Selkowe Fertik
  • Patent number: D912254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: yoR Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Roy
  • Patent number: D920334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas George LeBreton Merz, Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Scott A. Myers, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Rico Zorkendorfer