Patents by Inventor Sheng Deng
Sheng Deng 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).
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Patent number: 11832767Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Publication number: 20230301467Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Patent number: 11641978Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael O'loughlin, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Ming Li Shi, Michelle Hilary Power
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Patent number: 11617378Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Patent number: 11612097Abstract: A method of managing crops using an electronic device having an interface. Inputs of crop data is received, and each of the crop data is associated with a sample site location corresponding to each of a plurality of images captured by an image capturing device. A graph plotting one or more types of crop data including data associated with the plurality of images is generated in a first display region of the interface. A subset of sample site locations requiring one of a predetermined set of actions is displayed on the map in a second display region of the interface based on a selection within one of the plots on the graph.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Julie Rae Kowald, Dixon De Sheng Deng, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Oscar Alejandro De Lellis
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Publication number: 20230008566Abstract: Techniques for determining bathroom occupancy are disclosed herein. In this regard, one or more sensors may determine whether a plumbing fixture is in use. When a plumbing fixture is in use, the one or more sensors may trigger a visual cue that indicates that the plumbing fixture is in use. Additionally, the one or more sensors may send (e.g., transmit) information indicating that the plumbing fixture is in use to one or more computing devices. The information may include a start time of the fixture's usage, an end time of the fixture's usage, a duration of the fixture's usage, etc. The computing device may analyze the information from a plurality of fixtures associated with a location and present the analysis to a user, for example, via a dashboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Xiaoxiong Mo, Sheng Deng, Charles Mo
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Patent number: 11540669Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Ming Li Shi, Michelle Hilary Power
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Publication number: 20220408977Abstract: A bowl assembly for a micro puree machine includes a beaker removeably attachable to a beaker coupling located inside a bowl. The beaker coupling operatively couples to a drive motor assembly for rotation of the beaker coupling and the beaker relative to the bowl. The bowl in turn locks onto a bayonet structure on a base of the micro puree machine, which secures the bowl in position on the base while the beaker coupling and the beaker rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Xu Sheng Deng, Zintis Jones, Nicholas M. O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power
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Patent number: 11503959Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Publication number: 20220225835Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Publication number: 20220225832Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Publication number: 20220225635Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Publication number: 20220202254Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly. A blade assembly detection system detects proper positioning of the blade assembly within the lid assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Publication number: 20220202252Abstract: A bowl assembly for a micro puree machine including an inner beaker and an outer bowl. The inner beaker is configured to receive ingredients and has an exterior bottom surface that includes a beaker alignment feature. The outer bowl is configured to receive the inner beaker therein. The outer bowl includes an interior bottom surface that includes a bowl alignment feature and an exterior bottom surface that includes a bowl securing element. The beaker alignment feature of the inner beaker exterior bottom surface is complementary to the bowl alignment feature of the outer bowl interior bottom surface such that, at times the inner beaker is positioned in the outer bowl, the complementary bowl alignment feature and inner beaker alignment feature prevent rotation of the inner beaker relative to the outer bowl. The bowl securing element is configured to receive and attach to a platform of a micro puree machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Publication number: 20220202250Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Ming Li Shi, Michelle Hilary Power
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Publication number: 20220202036Abstract: A blade assembly for a micro puree machine including a central support hub, a cutting blade, a mixing blade, a central opening, an angled ledge and an undercut. The cutting blade extends outward from a circumferential surface of the central support hub and defines a curved leading edge. The central opening is configured to receive a power shaft therein. The angled ledge is located at an upper end of the central support hub and extends about at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the central support hub. The undercut is located on the outer perimeter of the central support hub and is positioned closer to a lower end of the central support hub than the angled ledge. The undercut includes an engagement surface that extends outwards from a central axis of the central support hub and is configured to receive and retain a clip mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Publication number: 20220202246Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'loughlin, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Ming Li Shi, Michelle Hilary Power
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Patent number: D983603Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Pushan He, Ping Chu
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Patent number: D985334Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Jared James Proulx, Christopher William Hedges, Pierce James Barnard, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng
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Patent number: D1004368Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Pushan He, Ping Chu