Patents by Inventor Michael Bender

Michael Bender 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: 12558934
    Abstract: An improved oil seal cap for use in a shock absorber for a vehicle including an end wall, and aperture extending through the end wall, and a sidewall extending away from the sidewall in a first direction. The end wall includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is raised in a second direction opposite the first direction with respect to the first portion, with the second portion forming a ridge. The oil seal cap is inserted into a reserve tube and cooperates with an oil seal to seal off the top of a shock absorber. The ridge of the end wall is at or above the oil seal and protects the oil seal from impacts of a jounce bumper provided on the shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventor: Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12509640
    Abstract: A shock absorber that includes a pressure tube that defines a working chamber having a hydraulic fluid located therein; a piston assembly positioned in the working chamber, and dividing the working chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber; and a piston rod engaged with the piston assembly that moves the piston assembly in the working chamber, wherein the hydraulic fluid includes a primary oil, a secondary oil, and an additive package, the secondary oil includes at least a gas-to-liquid oil in an amount that ranges between 4.0 wt % to 10.0 wt % relative to a total amount of the hydraulic fluid, and the hydraulic fluid includes a flash point of at least 174 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Nathan Gaynier
  • Publication number: 20250390354
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, multiple service requests are bundled into a single bundle via the vertical bundling of the service requests. This involves modularizing the services into subcomponents, identifying common processes and identifying the modularized processes that can run in parallel, then ranking the modularized processes to create an execution plan that minimizes downtime and also schedules downtime in a single contiguous block. The execution plan represents an optimized executable sequence that can contain both related and non-related services in a single bundle for fulfillment. It also represents a blueprint of services requested by the user from a service catalog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Karolin Laicher, Tobias Julius Neubert, Vijaya Geetha Samireddypalle, Himanshu Gugnani, Heiko Braumann, Olga George, Alexander Dobl, Stefan Heydenreich, Michael Bender, Benjamin Reim, Jingjing Guo, Vineesh Varghese, Vikas Upadhyay, Suyash Goyal, Himani Bhandari, Jixon Jolly Kannokkadan, Sreekanth Reddy G, Sravani Anantha, Sugandha Verma, Pooja Kumari, Venkata Narayana Reddy Muchukota, Suha Khan, Deep Gaurav, Rajarajan Anbalagan, Akshita Akshita, Swati Agarwal, Chinmay Singh, Pooja Singh, Suman Panja, Tanmeya Mohan
  • Patent number: 12488360
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide improvements in this technical field by utilizing a digital twin (DT) in a virtual reality (VR) environment. A digital twin is created of a product to be assessed in a normal setting (e.g. an automobile on a highway, an appliance in a kitchen, etc). The individual then uses the product in the digital twin virtual reality environment (DTVRE). During interaction, positive and negative experiences are tagged for later evaluation. Additionally, a person's activities with similar products in a physical environment are monitored using IoT (Internet of Things) sensors. During interactions, sensor data is collected. Embodiments compare the sensor data acquired in the physical environment (PE) and the digital twin virtual reality environment (DTVRE). For the product being used in the digital twin virtual reality environment (DTVRE), embodiments estimate, using the collected data, how the product will perform in a physical environment (PE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer M. Hatfield, Michael Bender, Jill Dhillon
  • Patent number: 12468818
    Abstract: Hardware and software on a computing device is analyzed based on a regulatory profile for the computing device and regulatory compliance for an entity associated with the computing device. A determination is made whether at least one of the hardware and software on the computing device includes at least one regulatory non-compliance issue. In response to determining that at least one of the hardware and software on the computing device includes at least one regulatory non-compliance issue, one or more scripts are executed on the hardware and software on the computing device to cause the hardware and software to resolve the at least one regulatory non-compliance issue based on the regulatory profile for the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boone, Evelyn R. Anderson, Natalie Brooks Powell, Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12406271
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, a request for a new online account for accessing data stored in an enterprise system; determining, by the computer device, an identity associated with the request; determining, by the computer device, a risk score for the request; determining, by the computer device, validation steps based on the risk score; and executing, by the computer device, the validation steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stan Kevin Daley, Michael Bender, Subhankar Sarkar
  • Patent number: 12339817
    Abstract: A computing device may be configured to continuously, repeatedly, or recursively generate, train, improve, focus, or refine the machine learning classifier models that are used data anomalies. The computing device may create a corpus of data based on architecture or standards documents, generate classifier models based on the corpus of data, collect information from one or more data sources, generate feature vectors based on the collected information, apply the feature vectors to the classifier models to generate an analysis result, and identify a data anomaly based on the generated analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Irina Niyazov, Michael Bender, Manoj Acharya
  • Patent number: 12302206
    Abstract: In an approach for monitoring a user's in-flight activity and/or a pattern of movement of a user and warning the user of an in-flight activity or a pattern of movement that could lead to a potential short-term or long-term injury, a processor monitors a body movement and a posture of a user through an application of micro-location analysis enabled by a mesh network of 5G sensors over a period of time. A processor determines whether the body movement and the posture detected can lead to an activity or a series of activities that can result in a potential injury. Responsive to determining a pre-set threshold of risk has been reached, a processor issues a real time alert to the user to warn of the potential injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Michael Bender, Hernan A. Cunico, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 12299164
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and a system for maintain application compliance. Embodiments of the present invention identify locations of potentially sensitive data. Embodiments of the present invention identify a set of individuals associated with the potentially sensitive data and determine whether an application can be installed based on content of potentially sensitive data and on elections of respective individuals associated with the potentially sensitive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Michael Bender, Craig M. Trim, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Publication number: 20250139334
    Abstract: A computing system generates a digital twin of a physical environment comprising a virtual representation of a physical structure in the physical environment. The computing system obtains planned construction data representative of a planned change to the physical environment. The computing system modifies the digital twin based on the planned construction data to generate a modified digital twin. The computing system determines, based on the modified digital twin, an impact to a radiation pattern of a transceiver located in the physical environment that is caused by the planned change to the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12254438
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for securing transportation of Items. In one embodiment, packaging particulars may be determined including packaging configuration and materials. At least a sensor may be embedded when packaging the Item. The sensor type and location may be selected by a processor. The Sensor(s) may be selected to monitor changes to the condition of the Item during the transportation. Sensor data may be monitored and any risk to the Item during the transportation may be mitigated. In one embodiment, when a risk has been determined, an alert may be provided such as to a person or an IoT enabled device to mitigate the risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stan Kevin Daley, Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12190141
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: iteratively obtaining utilization parameter values from first to Nth edge computing environments, training one or more predictive model by machine learning using parameter values of the utilization parameter values obtained by the iteratively obtaining, wherein the training includes training a first computing environment predictive model with use of parameter values of the utilization parameters obtained from the first computing environment by the iteratively obtaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Mauro Marzorati, Todd Russell Whitman, Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 12182164
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to context based saving of content. A set of conditions for automatically saving content for a user currently engaged with savable content can be received. A current context of the user currently engaged with savable content can be determined. The current context of the user can be compared to the set of conditions to determine whether automatically saving the savable content should be completed. The savable content can be automatically saved in response to determining that automatically saving the savable content should be completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Natalie Brooks Powell, Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 12182478
    Abstract: In an approach to determining the optimal size and shape of additive manufactured packaging, a delivery location corpus, a storage location corpus, and a transportation mechanism corpus are received. A notification to design a package for an item is received. The optimal design attributes are determined for the delivery location. The optimal design attributes are determined for the storage location. The optimal design attributes are determined for the transportation mechanism. The additive manufactured packaging for the item is designed based on the optimal design attributes for the delivery location, the storage location, and the transportation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Martin G. Keen, Michael Bender, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 12175433
    Abstract: Aspects identify users as trusted assistant candidates in response to associations to purchases of vehicle repair items. Embodiments further select a one of the trusted assistant candidates that is linked to a vehicle operator as a social network contact and that is located closest to a vehicle location relative to remaining others of the trusted assistant candidates, in response to determining that the vehicle operator needs remote location assistance at the vehicle location; and dispatch the selected one of the trusted assistant candidates to the vehicle location to provide remote location assistance to the vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimi Lin, Gregory J. Boss, Michael Bender, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20240420630
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide dynamic adjustment of content displayed on image-enabled clothing articles to address obstructed visibility of the content. In embodiments a method includes determining, by a computing device, movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determining, by the computing device, that a view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed based on the determined movement, parameters of the image-enabled clothing article and image display information of the image-enabled clothing article; and generating, by the computing device, image instructions that cause the display of the image content on the image-enabled clothing article to move from a first area of the image-enabled clothing article to a second area of the image-enabled clothing article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Stan Kevin Daley, Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12153620
    Abstract: System and methods for type ahead search amelioration based on image processing are provided. In embodiments, a method includes: capturing, by a computing device, image data based on images viewed by a user during a computing session; converting, by the computing device, the image data to text using image processing; and storing, by the computing device, the text in a temporary buffer of a type ahead search function, wherein the text constitutes image context data for use by the type ahead search function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stan Kevin Daley, Jennifer M. Hatfield, Michael Bender, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20240375472
    Abstract: An improved oil seal cap for use in a shock absorber for a vehicle including an end wall, and aperture extending through the end wall, and a sidewall extending away from the sidewall in a first direction. The end wall includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is raised in a second direction opposite the first direction with respect to the first portion, with the second portion forming a ridge. The oil seal cap is inserted into a reserve tube and cooperates with an oil seal to seal off the top of a shock absorber. The ridge of the end wall is at or above the oil seal and protects the oil seal from impacts of a jounce bumper provided on the shock absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: Michael BENDER
  • Patent number: 12112687
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide dynamic adjustment of content displayed on image-enabled clothing articles to address obstructed visibility of the content. In embodiments a method includes determining, by a computing device, movement of at least a portion of an image-enabled clothing article based on real-time sensor data from sensors of the image-enabled clothing article; determining, by the computing device, that a view of at least a portion of image content displayed on the image-enabled clothing article is obstructed based on the determined movement, parameters of the image-enabled clothing article and image display information of the image-enabled clothing article; and generating, by the computing device, image instructions that cause the display of the image content on the image-enabled clothing article to move from a first area of the image-enabled clothing article to a second area of the image-enabled clothing article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Stan Kevin Daley, Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender
  • Patent number: 12097670
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting a defect in an object using three-dimensional (3D) printing. The apparatus includes a flexible wrapper-shaped printing module including an array of port openings adapted to allow a 3D printable material to move therethrough. The flexible wrapper-shaped printing module is configured to wrap around an object to allow the 3D printable material to move through a first set of selected port openings of the array of port openings and be injected into the defect in order to correct the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Christian Compton, Trisha Elaine Hanlon