Patents by Inventor Robert Tan

Robert Tan 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: 20260108725
    Abstract: A magnet assembly including a case defining a central axis, a magnet frame within the case and rotatable about the central axis of the case, first and second elongate magnets, located within in the frame, that are diametrically magnetized, that each define a longitudinal axis and a N-S direction, that are rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the frame, that are separated from one another by a fixed non-zero distance that is perpendicular to at least one of the longitudinal axes, and that are not mechanically biased to respective N-S rotational orientations, and a third elongate magnet, located between the first and second elongate magnets, that defines a longitudinal axis and a N-S direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and that is mechanically biased to a predetermined N-S rotational orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: James George Elcoate Smith, Sung Jin Lee, Daniel Alexander Alanis, Robert Tan
  • Patent number: 10214897
    Abstract: A hanger bracket for mounting a skewed beam at a junction of two adjacent beams includes a supporting section configured to support the skewed beam. Fixing flanges substantially perpendicular to the supporting section are configured for attaching the bracket to the adjacent beams along surfaces of the fixing flanges positioned to engage respective ones of the adjacent beams when attached thereto. The surfaces define planes that are non-parallel and non-coincident with each other. Reinforcing faces are located between the supporting section and each of the fixing flanges. The reinforcing faces are inclined relative to the supporting section and fixing flanges. Holes in at least one of the supporting section and the reinforcing faces are configured to receive fasteners to secure the skewed beam to the hanger bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Tan
  • Publication number: 20170233998
    Abstract: A hanger bracket for mounting a skewed beam at a junction of two adjacent beams includes a supporting section configured to support the skewed beam. Fixing flanges substantially perpendicular to the supporting section are configured for attaching the bracket to the adjacent beams along surfaces of the fixing flanges positioned to engage respective ones of the adjacent beams when attached thereto. The surfaces define planes that are non-parallel and non-coincident with each other. Reinforcing faces are located between the supporting section and each of the fixing flanges. The reinforcing faces are inclined relative to the supporting section and fixing flanges. Holes in at least one of the supporting section and the reinforcing faces are configured to receive fasteners to secure the skewed beam to the hanger bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Tan
  • Patent number: 9650780
    Abstract: A hanger bracket for mounting a skewed beam at a junction of two adjacent beams includes a supporting section configured to support the skewed beam. Fixing flanges are substantially perpendicular to the supporting section and are configured for attaching the bracket to the adjacent beams. The fixing flanges lie in different planes to each other. Reinforcing faces are located between the supporting section and each of the fixing flanges. The reinforcing faces are inclined relative to the supporting section and fixing flanges. The hanger bracket includes holes in the supporting section or reinforcing faces configured to secure the skewed beam to the hanger bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MITEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Tan
  • Publication number: 20140318076
    Abstract: A hanger bracket for mounting a skewed beam at a junction of two adjacent beams includes a supporting section configured to support the skewed beam. Fixing flanges are substantially perpendicular to the supporting section and are configured for attaching the bracket to the adjacent beams. The fixing flanges lie in different planes to each other. Reinforcing faces are located between the supporting section and each of the fixing flanges. The reinforcing faces are inclined relative to the supporting section and fixing flanges. The hanger bracket includes holes in the supporting section or reinforcing faces configured to secure the skewed beam to the hanger bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MiTek Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Tan
  • Patent number: 6760745
    Abstract: A method of operating a server includes retrieving a document from a storage device. A variable is generated, the variable including information to enable another server to reproduce the document. The variable may, for example, be a compressed and encrypted complete copy of the document, or may be a JavaScript variable. The variable is appended to the document, and the document is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Aspect Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Tan, Senthil Sundararajan, PrabhuRam Mohan