Patents by Inventor Simon Lam

Simon Lam 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: 20250239876
    Abstract: A method of operation is provided during which a pre-charge switch is closed to electrically couple a power supply to a motor controller through a pre-charge supply circuit, where a main switch is open. An electrical parameter of electricity directed through the pre-charge supply circuit is measured when the pre-charge switch is closed and the main switch is open. The main switch is closed to electrically couple the power supply to the motor controller through the main supply circuit when the electrical parameter is equal to or passes a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Raphael Gariepy, Simon Lam, Fraz Ahmad Kharal, Remi Robache, Antwan Shenouda
  • Publication number: 20240333007
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes an aircraft electrical distribution bus, a battery, and a battery monitoring system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings and a main battery contactor. The plurality of battery strings are electrically connected in parallel. Each battery string includes a string contactor. The string contactor is positionable in a closed string position or an open string position. The main battery contactor is electrically connected in series with the string contactor of each battery string. The main battery contactor is positionable in a closed battery position or an open battery position. The battery monitoring system is configured to control a position of the string contactor of each battery string. Control of a position of the main battery contactor in the closed battery position and the open battery position is independent of the battery monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Remi Robache, Antwan Shenouda, Richard Freer, Simon Lam, Raphael Gariepy, Fraz Ahmad Kharal
  • Publication number: 20240332987
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes an aircraft electrical distribution bus, a battery, and a battery monitoring system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings. The plurality of battery strings is configured as a main subset and a reserve subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Freer, Antwan Shenouda, Simon Lam, Remi Robache, Raphael Gariepy
  • Publication number: 20240333020
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes a battery, a charger, and a battery monitoring system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings. The charger is configured to charge the plurality of battery strings. The battery monitoring system further includes a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the battery string voltage for each battery string of the plurality of battery strings, identify a highest-voltage battery string of the plurality of battery strings and a lower-voltage subset of the plurality of battery strings, and sequentially charge each battery string of the lower-voltage subset of the plurality of battery strings with the charger to a first target string voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Gariepy, Simon Lam, Remi Robache, Antwan Shenouda, Richard Freer
  • Publication number: 20240332986
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes a battery, a charger, and a battery monitoring system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings. The charger is configured to charge the plurality of battery strings. The battery monitoring system further includes a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the battery string voltage for each battery string of the plurality of battery strings and identify a battery string voltage hierarchy for the plurality of battery strings, the battery string voltage hierarchy identifying at least a lowest-voltage battery string of the plurality of battery strings, at least one intermediate-voltage battery string of the plurality of battery strings, and a highest-voltage battery string of the plurality of battery strings, and sequentially charge the plurality of battery strings with the charger based on the battery string voltage hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Lam, Remi Robache, Antwan Shenouda, Richard Freer, Raphael Gariepy
  • Publication number: 20240308350
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes an aircraft electrical distribution bus, a battery, and a control system. The battery includes a plurality of battery strings. Each battery string includes a string contactor. The control system is in signal communication with the string contactor of each battery string. The control system is configured to control a position of the string contactor of each battery string in a closed string position or an open string position. The control system is configured to: detect a fault in a faulted first battery string of the plurality of battery strings and position the string contactor of the faulted first battery string in the open string position, in response to the detected fault in the faulted first battery string and maintain the string contactor of at least one unfaulted second battery string of the plurality of battery strings in the closed string position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Gariepy, Simon Lam, Remi Robache, Antwan Shenouda, Richard Freer, Ninad Joshi
  • Patent number: 10533824
    Abstract: A toy projective launcher includes a launching tube; a catapulting cavity located at an end portion of the launching tube; a trigger seat located between the launching tube and the catapulting cavity; a catapulting rod, including a transverse rod having a head end extending into the catapulting cavity and a vertical rod connecting with a tail end of the transverse rod, the transverse rod being equipped with a resistance matching member; a push-pull rod, one end being equipped with a push-pull portion, the push-pull portion being contacted with the vertical rod of the catapulting rod; a catapulting rod stopper, equipped with a first through hole for the transverse rod of the catapulting rod to pass through; and a trigger connecting rod, a first end being connected with the trigger seat, and a second end being contacted with the catapulting stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CHAP MEI PLASTIC TOYS MANUFACTORY LIMITED
    Inventor: Hing Fung Simon Lam
  • Publication number: 20170191790
    Abstract: A toy projective launcher includes a launching tube; a catapulting cavity located at an end portion of the launching tube; a trigger seat located between the launching tube and the catapulting cavity; a catapulting rod, including a transverse rod having a head end extending into the catapulting cavity and a vertical rod connecting with a tail end of the transverse rod, the transverse rod being equipped with a resistance matching member; a push-pull rod, one end being equipped with a push-pull portion, the push-pull portion being contacted with the vertical rod of the catapulting rod; a catapulting rod stopper, equipped with a first through hole for the transverse rod of the catapulting rod to pass through; and a trigger connecting rod, a first end being connected with the trigger seat, and a second end being contacted with the catapulting stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: HING FUNG SIMON LAM
  • Publication number: 20060233768
    Abstract: An elective healthcare insurance model using an individual's own peripheral blood stem cells for the individual's future healthcare uses. An individual can elect to have his or her own stem cells collected, processed and preserved, while he or she is in healthy or “pre-disease” state, for future distribution for his or her healthcare needs. The process includes methods of collection, processing, preservation and distribution of adult (including pediatric) peripheral blood stem cells during non-diseased state. The stem cells collected will contain adequate dosage amounts, for one or more transplantations immediately when needed by the individual for future healthcare treatments. The collected adult or non-neonate child peripheral blood stem cells can be aliquoted into defined dosage fractions before cryopreservation so that cells can be withdrawn from storage without the necessity of thawing all of the collected cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: NEOSTEM, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Hirose, Simon Lam, Rubio Punzalan, Denis Rodgerson
  • Publication number: 20050123098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to determine an optimum collimator angle of a multi-leaf collimator having an opening and multiple leaf pairs for closing portions of the opening to form a radiation beam arrangement having multiple radiation beam segments. The method and apparatus include application of a cost function to determine a collimator angle which provides for delivery efficiency and target conformity. The user can preferentially either selectively enhance delivery efficiency of the radiation beam arrangement, reducing a number of radiation beam segments and reducing a number of radiation beam monitor units required for delivery of the desired prescription, or selectively enhance conformity of the radiation beam arrangement to a target shape. The optimum collimator angle is then used for delivery of an optimized radiation beam arrangement to a patient by a radiation delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Duan Wang, Robert Hill, Simon Lam
  • Publication number: 20050052181
    Abstract: The invention provides for measurement of an actual magnitude of an applied magnetic field, rather than providing a value of magnetic field which is relative to an unknown quiescent value. In particular, by providing a SQUID (100) having an effective area which varies in response to applied flux, an absolute value of magnetic field can be determined due to the change in effective area of the SQUID (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Simon Lam, David Tilbrook
  • Patent number: 5822312
    Abstract: A repeater for a multibeam communications satellite combines the features of coaxial channel interbeam switching and subchannelization of some of the channels. In one embodiment described, the input radio-frequency signals from the input beams are fed through the input multiplexers to form channels. Some, but not all, channels are subsequently subchannelized for interbeam switching. In another embodiment of the invention, a portion of the incoming radio frequency signals bypasses the input demultiplexer and is filtered for noise-limiting reasons, converted down to an intermediate frequency and then subchannelized using SAW filters. The specification also teaches that digital techniques can be used to obtain the same results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: COM DEV Limited
    Inventors: Robert Peach, Nigel Miller, Bharat Tailor, Kamal Ali, Gary Beauchamp, Simon Lam, Ken Lazaris-Brunner