Patents by Inventor Mike (Hon Fai) Chu

Mike (Hon Fai) Chu 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: 20250255225
    Abstract: An indoor growing facility includes an enclosed structure defined by one or more first walls and a growing shell defining a grow zone positioned in the enclosed structure. The growing shell defined by one or more second walls. The indoor growing facility also includes at least one environmental control component positioned inside the enclosed structure and outside the growing shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Patricia C. Livingston, Mike Zelkind, Robert Schouten, Kees Breukel
  • Publication number: 20250257821
    Abstract: A multilayer tube for transporting fluid is disclosed. The multilayer tube includes a first layer including a polyolefin blend including a first polypropylene and a second polypropylene. The first polypropylene and second polypropylene copolymer have different and non-overlapping melt flow indices. The multilayer tube includes a second layer including a thermoplastic vulcanizate including a thermoplastic resin and an at least partially cured elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Nicolai Papke, Mike Serwuschok, Hermann-Josef Holz, Riccardo Savadori, Roberta Pellecchia, Anas Mujtaba
  • Publication number: 20250256674
    Abstract: Passenger restraint systems are provided. The restraint systems can include: a passenger seat supported by a frame; a restraint bar pivotably attached to the frame; and at least one piston operably engaged between the restraint bar and the frame. Restraint system pistons are provided. The pistons can include: a central chamber housing a piston head and rod; a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the central chamber; and at least one electromechanical valve operable between an open and a closed position. Methods for restraining a passenger within a seat are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN MANUFACTURING LLC
    Inventors: Mike Syrcle, Eric Wellington
  • Publication number: 20250261301
    Abstract: A device is provided that includes a printed circuit board having a top surface, a first trace disposed directly on the top surface of the printed circuit board, and a second trace disposed directly on the top surface of the printed circuit board adjacent the first trace. A first metal dome is positioned over the first trace and is configured to block crosstalk between the first trace and the second trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Mike Sapozhnikov, Joel Richard Goergen, David Nozadze, Amendra Koul, Sayed Ashraf Mamun, Upen Reddy Kareti
  • Publication number: 20250261286
    Abstract: Heat cable systems described in the present disclosure may comprise a housing, a fastener and a heat cable. The housing may comprise a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be removably coupled to the second portion. The hosing may define a first channel and a second channel. The housing may define a first insulating cavity, a second insulating cavity, a third insulating cavity and a fourth insulating cavity. The first channel may be disposed between the first insulating cavity and the second insulating cavity. The second channel may be disposed between the third insulating cavity and the fourth insulating cavity. The heat cable may be disposed in the first channel and the second channel. The heat cable may be in contact with a portion of the housing defining the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Stearns, Mike Carter, Kris Michaud, Daniel Beam, Kelly Player
  • Patent number: 12384869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a polyoxyalkylene carbonate polyol by reacting a polyoxyalkylene polyol with a cyclic carbonate in the presence of an amine catalyst. The invention further relates to polyoxyalkylene carbonate polyols obtainable using the method according to the invention and to a process for preparing polyurethanes by reacting the polyoxyalkylene carbonate polyols according to the invention with polyisocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Elisabeth Vogelsang, Joerg Hofmann, Klaus Lorenz, Philipp Sander, Stefan Werda, Mike Schuetze
  • Patent number: 12383465
    Abstract: An envelope is configured to hold, support, and protect an article such as a blood bag during transportation under fic temperatures. The envelope includes a single piece component (e.g., a monolithic component), including multiple panels that are configured to fold to form an enclosure that surrounds the article such as the blood bag for support and protection of the article such as the blood bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Cryoport, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen Smith, Mike Dybicz, Brittany Roberts, Bobby Onel
  • Patent number: 12384014
    Abstract: A hook assembly for a power tool includes a connection shaft having a first end and a second end opposite each other. The first end of the connection shaft is connectable to a housing of the power tool, the second end is connected to a hook member, and the hook member has a handle part and a hook part extending from the handle part. The hook member has a first position and a second position opposite the first position and the hook member is rotatable around a central axis of the connection shaft when in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mengan Gong, Mike Yang, Evan Zhou, Elin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250254285
    Abstract: A scanner includes a camera, a light source for generating a probe light incorporating a spatial pattern, an optical system for transmitting the probe light towards the object and for transmitting at least a part of the light returned from the object to the camera, a focus element within the optical system for varying a position of a focus plane of the spatial pattern on the object, unit for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, unit for evaluating a correlation measure at each focus plane position between at least one image pixel and a weight function, a processor for determining the in-focus position(s) of each of a plurality of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, or each of a plurality of groups of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, and transforming in-focus data into 3D real world coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Rune FISKER, Henrik ÖJELUND, Rasmus KJÆR, Mike VAN DER POEL, Arish A. QAZI, Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK
  • Publication number: 20250254153
    Abstract: A computer system for accessing a decentralized user controlled social media platform receives, from an user computing device, a user authentication token for the decentralized user controlled social media platform. The computer system determines that the user authentication token is valid for access to a user account at the decentralized user controlled social media platform. Additionally, the computer system requests, through a network connection, content from a plurality of remote servers. Each of the plurality of remote servers requires a unique remote server authentication token to access a portion of the content stored at the respective remote server. Further, the computer system communicates, to the user computing device, the content received from the plurality of remote servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Mike Love, Blake Love
  • Publication number: 20250250911
    Abstract: An aircraft engine, has: a shaft rotatable about a central axis; a bearing housing extending around the shaft and defining a bearing cavity; a bearing located within the bearing cavity, the bearing rotatably supporting the shaft, the bearing having rolling members disposed radially between an inner race engaged to the shaft and an outer race; an outer sleeve secured to and extending around the outer race of the bearing, a radially-inner face of the outer sleeve abutting a radially-outer face of the outer race; and a squeeze film damper including an annulus defined radially between the outer sleeve and a portion of the bearing housing and axially between seals, the annulus having a damping fluid in the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Lorenzo SANZARI, Rose-Elizabeth BANVILLE, Mike FONTAINE
  • Publication number: 20250251762
    Abstract: Display assemblies for inhibiting delamination of an optical stack are disclosed. A structural framework defines, at least in part, an enclosure for the optical stack, which includes an electronic display layer. One or more airflow passageways are located within the enclosure and define a continuous, interconnected airflow pathway extending along one or more surfaces of the optical stack. One or more fan units are positioned along the continuous, interconnected airflow pathway, and when activated, move gas through the continuous, interconnected airflow pathway and generate compressive forces at the optical stack, thereby reducing the likelihood of delamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: William Dunn, Mike Brown, Alex Moreau
  • Publication number: 20250254850
    Abstract: A fan unit for improved airflow within a display assembly is provided. A common housing forms a ducted passageway for exhaust from fans thereat. An upper portion of the common housing includes openings, each aligned with an intake of a respective one of the fans for ingesting airflow. A forward portion of the common housing forms, at least in part, an exit for the exhaust. A rear wall extends along and from a rear edge of the upper portion to and along an underlying surface of the display assembly when the fan unit is installed. The rear edge forms a wave shape defining peaks in the upper portion for the openings, and a valley between adjacent peaks. The rear wall forms the wave shape and thereby defines peaks, each accommodating one of the fans and a valley between adjacent peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz, Mike Brown, Kevin O'Connor, Alex Moreau
  • Publication number: 20250254417
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video in association with multi-video clip capture. The program and method provide for displaying a capture user interface in accordance with a camera mode configured to capture multiple video clips for combining to generate a media content item; capturing the multiple video clips based on first user input received via the capture user interface, which includes a preview button selectable to navigate to a preview user interface for previewing and editing the multiple video clips; receiving, via the capture user interface, second user input selecting the preview button; and displaying, in response to the receiving, the preview user interface with a preview bar including a respective thumbnail for each of the multiple video clips, the preview bar being selectable to individually trim one or more of the multiple video clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Wayne Mike Cao, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20250249763
    Abstract: A wireless charging system includes a platform having a substantially horizontal upper surface configured to support a vehicle and an induction coil coupled to the platform. The induction coil is configured to receive electrical energy from an energy source and generate a magnetic field above the substantially horizontal upper surface, the magnetic field being positioned to wirelessly transfer the electrical energy to the vehicle while the vehicle is positioned atop the platform. A ramp is coupled to a side of the platform and extending away from the platform. An electrical cabinet is pivotally coupled to the platform and containing the energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Messina, Shashank Bhatia, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Mike Buhidar, David Lombardo, Peter Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20250252650
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a graphics processor comprising a block of graphics cores and circuitry including a programmable neural network unit, the programmable neural network unit including one or more neural network hardware blocks, wherein a neural network hardware block includes circuitry to perform neural network operations and activation operations for a layer of a neural network, the programmable neural network unit addressable by cores within the block of graphics cores, wherein the programmable neural network unit is to configure one or more neural network hardware blocks with a meta-shader neural network, the meta-shader neural network to generate a texture for one of multiple types of terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: HUGUES LABBE, DARREL PALKE, SHERINE ABDELHAK, JILL BOYCE, VARGHESE GEORGE, SCOTT JANUS, ADAM LAKE, ZHIJUN LEI, ZHENGMIN LI, MIKE MACPHERSON, CARL MARSHALL, SELVAKUMAR PANNEER, PRASOONKUMAR SURTI, KARTHIK VEERAMANI, DEEPAK VEMBAR, VALLABHAJOSYULA SRINIVASA SOMAYAZULU
  • Publication number: 20250248959
    Abstract: Methods of treating neurodevelopmental disorders by administering an acetylated amino acid having a carbon-nitrogen bond and acetyl group covalently bound to the nitrogen of the carbon-nitrogen bond and having a three-dimensional structure that allows the acetylated amino acid to enter cells and neurons are described. In one embodiment, the acetylated amino acid is a compound of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 is each independently H or D, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the acetylated amino acid are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Katherine Beebe, Clement Y. Chow, Mike Graglia, Marta Caceres Dahiya, Kathryn Helde, Lindsay Wieczorek
  • Publication number: 20250253271
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe disposing a magnetic material (e.g., a high permeability material) in a solder ball connection between two substrates (e.g., between an integrated circuit (IC) and a printed circuit board (PCB)). After a reflow process (which bonds two substrates together using solder balls), the solder balls become spherical, which causes the distance between two neighboring solder balls to decrease, which increases capacitance. The magnetic material can counterbalance the negative effects of the increased capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Yuqing ZHU, Wenbin MA, Mike SAPOZHNIKOV, Haiying ZHU, Mingtong ZUO, Shuo ZHANG, Tianyi ZHOU, D. Brice ACHKIR
  • Publication number: 20250249772
    Abstract: An induction charging apparatus for a charging station configured for charging a battery-electric vehicle with electrical energy is disclosed. The induction charging apparatus includes a support structure and an electrical energy coil configured for inductive interaction with an electrical vehicle energy coil of a vehicle induction charging apparatus of the vehicle. A transmitting device is provided that includes at least one electrical transmission coil separate with respect to the energy coil, the at least one transmission coil provides an electromagnetic field or a magnetic field. A guide is provided using at least one FP marking field for the vehicle induction charging apparatus of the vehicle, via which the vehicle induction charging apparatus of the vehicle can be guided to the electrical energy coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: Mike Boettigheimer
  • Publication number: 20250252680
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a shared preamble set for human-computer interactions and dynamic avatar. A method may include receiving an input from a real world environment. The method may also include integrating the input into a virtual world environment. The method may further include generating an output based on the integration of the input into the virtual environment,. The output may include data or discrete events that represent information about the real world environment or the virtual world environment. The method may also include displaying the output via display device, and receiving interactive data in response to an interaction with the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: Mike BOSSE