Patents by Inventor Ryan A. Zimmerman

Ryan A. Zimmerman 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: 20220270925
    Abstract: Aspects include a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure including providing a semiconductor layer, scribing the semiconductor layer to provide one or more scribe lines, disposing a flexible support layer on the semiconductor layer, and applying a force to the scribed semiconductor layer so as to induce cracks along the scribe lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vladimir BULOVIC, Ryan ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 11333924
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes on a printed circuit board. The backlight unit may include first, second, and third light spreading layers formed over the array of light-emitting diodes. A color conversion layer may be formed over the first, second, and third light spreading layers. First and second brightness enhancement films may be formed over the color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Lv, Pee Khiam So, Wenyong Zhu, Daming Xu, Victor H. Yin, Mookyung Son, Ryan A. Zimmerman, Ziruo Hong, Rong Liu, Jun Qi, Po Hsun Chen, Zhenbin Ge, Fei Yan, Wei He
  • Patent number: 11039939
    Abstract: An orthopedic trial apparatus (100) including an orthopedic component (110) having a distal shaft portion (112) positionable within a passage in a bone and a proximal shaft portion (114) extending from the distal shaft portion, and a proximal trial assembly (120) engaged with the proximal shaft portion of the orthopedic component. The proximal trial assembly includes a proximal spacer (130) component and a proximal trial component (150). The proximal spacer component is rotationally engaged with the proximal shaft portion of the orthopedic component to substantially prevent relative rotation therebetween about a longitudinal axis. The proximal trial component is axially coupled to the proximal spacer component to prevent disengagement of the proximal trial component from the proximal spacer component while permitting selective rotation of the proximal trial component relative to the proximal spacer component about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Ryan Zimmerman, John Andrew Hall
  • Publication number: 20190117412
    Abstract: An orthopedic trial apparatus (100) including an orthopedic component (110) having a distal shaft portion (112) positionable within a passage in a bone and a proximal shaft portion (114) extending from the distal shaft portion, and a proximal trial assembly (120) engaged with the proximal shaft portion of the orthopedic component. The proximal trial assembly includes a proximal spacer (130) component and a proximal trial component (150). The proximal spacer component is rotationally engaged with the proximal shaft portion of the orthopedic component to substantially prevent relative rotation therebetween about a longitudinal axis. The proximal trial component is axially coupled to the proximal spacer component to prevent disengagement of the proximal trial component from the proximal spacer component while permitting selective rotation of the proximal trial component relative to the proximal spacer component about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob Ryan Zimmerman, John Andrew Hall