Patents by Inventor Nathan Cheng

Nathan Cheng 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: 20240138665
    Abstract: An imaging system, optionally an intra-oral camera, includes a blue light source and a barrier filter over a camera sensor. Optionally, the imaging system can also take white light images. Optionally, the system includes positively charged nanoparticles with fluorescein. The fluorescent nanoparticles can be identified on an image of a tooth by machine vision or machine learning algorithms on a pixel level basis. Either white light or fluorescent images can be used, with machine learning or artificial intelligence algorithms, to score the lesions. However, the white light image is not useful for determining whether lesions, particularly ICDAS 0-2 lesions, are active or inactive. A fluorescent image, with the fluorescent nanoparticles, can be used to detect and score active lesions. Optionally using a white light image and a fluorescent image together allows for all lesions, active and inactive, to be located and scored, and for their activity to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Alexander JONES, Nathan A. JONES, Steven BLOEMBERGEN, Scott Raymond PUNDSACK, Yu Cheng LIN, Helmut NEHER, JR.
  • Patent number: 11955669
    Abstract: Fuel cell alloy bipolar plates. The alloys may be used as a coating or bulk material. The alloys and metallic glasses may be particularly suitable for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells because of they may exhibit reduced weights and/or better corrosion resistance. The alloys may include any of the following AlxCuyTiz, AlxFeyNiz, AlxMnyNiz, AlxNiyTiz, CuxFeyTiz, CuxNiyTiz, AlxFeySiz, AlxMnySiz, AlxNiySiz, NixSiyTiz, and CxFeySiz. The alloys or metallic glass may be doped with various dopants to improve glass forming ability, mechanical strength, ductility, electrical or thermal conductivities, hydrophobicity, and/or corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Soo Kim, Jonathan Mailoa, Lei Cheng, Nathan Craig
  • Patent number: 11114830
    Abstract: It comprises a receptacle subassembly, a lid subassembly telescopically interacting with the receptacle subassembly by partially penetrating into or by retracting from the receptacle subassembly and a magnetic unit attached to the receptacle subassembly and to the lid subassembly and intended to align and interlock the receptacle subassembly with the lid subassembly; the lid subassembly incorporating supplementarily an optionally detachable frame unit, intended to cover an unaesthetic transitional zone between a contour of the enclosure assembly and a wall opening wherein the enclosure assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PRIMEX MANUFACTURING LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Nathan Cheng, Christian Guckel, Donovan Hammersley, Balin Lee, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200227901
    Abstract: It comprises a receptacle subassembly, a lid subassembly telescopically interacting with the receptacle subassembly by partially penetrating into or by retracting from the receptacle subassembly and a magnetic unit attached to the receptacle subassembly and to the lid subassembly and intended to align and interlock the receptacle subassembly with the lid subassembly; the lid subassembly incorporating supplementarily an optionally detachable frame unit, intended to cover an unaesthetic transitional zone between a contour of the enclosure assembly and a wall opening wherein the enclosure assembly is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: PRIMEX MANUFACTURING LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Nathan Cheng, Christian Guckel, Donovan Hammersley, Balin Lee, Kai Zang
  • Publication number: 20200036175
    Abstract: A system according to at least one embodiment comprises a body comprising a plurality of support surfaces. The system further comprises an apparatus comprising a plurality of connector surfaces, each connector surface of the plurality of connector surfaces being engageable with a respective support surface of the plurality of support surfaces, wherein, when any one connector surface of the plurality of connector surfaces is engaged with its respective support surface of plurality of support surfaces, a multi-axis hinge associated with the one connector surface permits movement of the apparatus relative to the body about a plurality of different axes of rotation for the multi-axis hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: HONG CHEN, NATHAN CHENG, CINDI FENG, CHRISTIAN GUCKEL, DONOVAN HAMMERSLEY, BALIN LEE, YIN FUN (EVA) SUN, KAI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190140437
    Abstract: It comprises a receptacle subassembly, a lid subassembly telescopically interacting with the receptacle subassembly by partially penetrating into or by retracting from the receptacle subassembly and a magnetic unit attached to the receptacle subassembly and to the lid subassembly and intended to align and interlock the receptacle subassembly with the lid subassembly; the lid subassembly incorporating supplementarily an optionally detachable frame unit, intended to cover an unaesthetic transitional zone between a contour of the enclosure assembly and a wall opening wherein the enclosure assembly is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: PRIMEX MANUFACTURING LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Nathan Cheng, Christian Guckel, Donovan Hammersley, Balm Lee, Kai Zang
  • Publication number: 20170298686
    Abstract: A magnetic blind device includes boards. The boards are stacked in a vertically oriented arrangement. The boards have openings through the boards. A top board is higher than a bottom board. An elevation line passes through the openings of the boards from the top board to the bottom board. The elevation line is for raising the blinds. Magnetic strips can be mounted to a left side and a right side of each board of the boards. A metal strip can be positioned to contact the plurality of magnetic strips when the plurality of magnetic strips transfers from a dormant position to an activated position. The magnetic strips attract to each other and to the metal strip. Optionally, an electromagnet can selectively magnetize the metal strip when an electromagnet switch is activated. The magnet strip is preferably rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Nathan Cheng
  • Patent number: D894146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Primex Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Nathan Cheng, Christian Guckel, Donovan Hammersley, Balin Lee, Kai Zhang