Patents by Inventor Steve (Aihua) Chen

Steve (Aihua) Chen 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LABORATORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT USING RFID TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20250029051
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided. The computer readable memory medium is a non-transitory medium. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate a purchase order for a laboratory item, transmit the purchase order to a remote computer in order to communicate the purchase order to a vendor, receive an advance shipping notice generated in response to the purchase order, receive item information stored in an RFID tag of a tagged item received at the delivery location, and check the item information against the advance shipping notice in order to verify that the tagged item is the same as the ordered laboratory item. The purchase order specifies a delivery location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: John Curtis Jones, Patrick P. Fritchie, Steve Kotlinski, Jay Brian Sailer, Pathik H. Soni, Erich Iwen, Ronald R. Hohs, William B. Williams
  • CARBODIIMIDE FOR USE AS AN ADDITIVE IN LUBRICANTS INTENDED FOR DRIVE DEVICE SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED ELASTOMER COMPATIBILITY
    Publication number: 20250027005
    Abstract: Carbodiimide for use as an additive in lubricants intended for drive device systems for improved elastomer compatibility The present invention relates to a lubricant composition intended for a drive system, comprising at least one or more base oils, at least one carbodiimide additive and at least one basic organic additive improving TBN; as well as a process for lubricating a drive system using such a lubricating composition. It also relates to the use of at least one carbodiimide additive in a lubricant composition intended for a drive system, to improve its compatibility with elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Modestino DE FEO, Gregory CHAO, Steve FAURE
  • METHODS OF INTRODUCING A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INTO A CELL
    Publication number: 20250027113
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for introducing a foreign substance into a cell using high frequency electromagnetic energy. Provided are methods for delivery substances to both prokaryotic and to eukaryotic cells. Also provided are cells generated with the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: WaveCyte Biotechnologies LLC, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Steve Wanjara, Elena Ivanova, The Hong Phong Nguyen, Tharushi Perera, Rodney Croft, Denver Linklater, Saulius Joudkazis
  • QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES
    Publication number: 20250027742
    Abstract: A quick mount system is disclosed for removably attaching an bow or accessory to a mounting structure. An example quick mount system includes a first interfacing component having a receiving element formed therein. The example quick mount system also includes a second interfacing component having a coupler assembly configured to mate with the receiving element in a first position. The coupler assembly rotates into an engagement position relative to the first interfacing component. The example quick mount system also includes a magnetic coupler. The magnetic coupler maintains the first interfacing component and the second interfacing component in the engagement position to attach the accessory to the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Wilson, Steve Rysdam, Walter Jordan, Devin Hall, Shawn Greathouse
  • IMPACT AND CUT-THROUGH RESISTANT, SELF-LOCATING, MULTILAYERED TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250026283
    Abstract: A protective member for a wire harness and electrical member fixed thereto, a wire harness assembly, and a method of constructing a protective member for a wire harness and electrical member fixed thereto are provided. The protective member includes a tubular woven wall extending between opposite open ends about a central axis and a tubular braided wall fixed to the tubular woven wall. One end of the tubular woven wall is configured to overlie the electrical member to provide protection thereto, and the tubular braided wall extends away from the other of the opposite open ends of the tubular woven wall about the central axis for operable attachment a wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Galamba, Fernando Salcedo, Alice Kaing, Jocelyn Pacquelet
  • INDEXING ACTIONS FOR RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20250028769
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing actions for resources. In an aspect, a method receiving, for each resource a plurality of resources that are each accessible by a user device, action data describing actions supported by each resource, each action being an action that can be performed by the user device processing the resource; for each resource: determining, from the action data, an action type for each action supported by the resource, determining, from the action data, action parameters for each action supported by the resource, and indexing the action data, action types and action parameters for the resource in an index that is searchable by a search engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Chen, Jason B. Douglas, Samuel Shoji Fukujima Goto
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYSING A SAMPLE BY MEANS OF ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20250029807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging and/or analyzing and/or processing a sample by means of electrically charged particles, for example using a transmission or scanning electron microscope. The object of the invention is to reduce the influence of magnetic fields. For this purpose, an apparatus is proposed for imaging and/or analyzing a sample with high resolution by means of electrically charged particles, in particular using an electron beam, the apparatus comprising: a device for providing electrically charged particles; a chamber comprising means for receiving and holding the sample; a device for guiding the electrically charged particles along a central axis MZ towards the chamber; and a detector. A sample arranged in the chamber can be subjected to the electrically charged particles during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Jackson DJEMPE, Johannes HARTGERS
  • INDUCTIVE INTELLIGENT WATER HEATER
    Publication number: 20250027683
    Abstract: A rust-proof, grid-friendly system for heating a flow of water including a heating circuit fluidly coupled to a water source fluidly coupled to a plurality of water fixtures. The heating circuit includes an inlet, an outlet, and a water containment unit made up of a plurality of tanks. The water may be heated by inducing magnetic eddy currents in a ferromagnetic material to heat the flow of water. The system further includes a plurality of sensors and a Smart Appliance communicatively coupled to the heating circuit and the plurality of sensors. The Smart Appliance may include an artificial intelligence (AI) model configured to manipulate an operation of the heating circuit. The Smart Application may be coupled to a cloud computing system having its own AI model to further manipulate an operation of the heating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Robert J. Zwerling, Steve Ochoa
  • User interface for a system used to determine tissue or artifact characteristics
    Patent number: 12201385
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end including a grip, a sensor attached to the distal end of the shaft, at least one visual indicator disposed at the distal end of the shaft, and a controller coupled to the sensor and the at least one visual indicator, the controller actuating the at least one visual indicator according to a signal received from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Briteseed, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gunn, Hariharan Subramanian, Steve McPhilliamy
  • Myringotomy tool with multiple tool heads
    Patent number: 12201499
    Abstract: A myringotomy device includes a housing; an elongated tube extending from the housing; and a retractable cutting tool extendable through the elongated tube, the cutting tool comprising a blade. The cutting tool is configured such that when advanced, the blade of the cutting tool extends beyond a distal end of the elongated tube. The cutting tool is also configured such that when retracted, the blade is retracted into the elongated tube and a fluid conduit is created from the distal end of the elongated tube to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Gaynes, Michael O'Connor, Michael DeRossi, Gilberto Cavada, John Morici, Riyad Moe
  • Artificial neural networks in wireless communication systems
    Patent number: 12206535
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for efficiently transmitting wireless communication signals are provided. An artificial neural network (ANN) is configured to take in an input data symbol sequence and generate a corresponding discrete-time Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) sequence therefrom. The ANN combines multiple baseband signal-processing operations, one of which includes OFDM modulation. Training data tunes the ANN to provide the discrete-time OFDM signal with at least one of a low multiple input multiple output (MIMO) condition number, a predetermined number of eigenvalues above a threshold value, low peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR), a low bit error probability, or a high bandwidth efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Tybalt, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Shattil
  • Class a fire-retardant polyisocyanurate foam boards and process for making
    Patent number: 12202973
    Abstract: A faced polyisocyanurate foam board comprising a halogen-free foam made from a halogen-free foam formulation comprising isocyanate, polyol, and phosphorus-containing flame retardant, and 1.06 to 1.66 kg/m3 (30 to 47 g/ft3) of glass fiber distributed in the foam throughout the thickness of the board; wherein the polyisocyanurate foam board has a trimer content of 11 to 19.5 weight percent, at least 0.1 weight percent phosphorous, and as measured by ASTM E84, a Flame Spread Index of 0 to 25 and a maximum Smoke Development Index of 450 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Kali Ananth Suryadevara, Steve Black, Dan Youmans, Kyoung Moo Koh, Mark Rickard
  • Hole-transporting self-organized monolayer for perovskite solar cells
    Patent number: 12207546
    Abstract: The present invention addresses uniformly formed layers on TCOs with minimized thickness which are hole transporting, due to a hole transport material which is configured for self assembly on the corresponding surface. The layers are formed by a compound made up of at least one kind of molecule according to formula (I) mixed up with a filler molecule FM given by where L is a linking fragment, A an anchor group and HTF is a hole transporting fragment. FM (filler molecule) is at least one kind of molecule consisting of an anchoring group, an alkyl chain of N carbon atoms, with N is in the range of 1 to 18, and a functional group of at least on of the group methyl, halogen, amino, bromide, ammonium and sulfuric functional group and where x is in the range of 0.02 to 1 and y equals (1?x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FÜR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH, KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Artiom Magomedov, Amran Al-Ashouri, Ernestas Kasparavicius, Steve Albrecht, Vytautas Getautis, Marko Jost, Tadas Malinauskas, Lukas Kegelmann, Eike Köhnen
  • Implantable medical device and electrode thereof
    Patent number: 12201846
    Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an electrode and an insulative material secured to the electrode via an adhesive. The electrode includes a metal substrate and a metal coating. The metal substrate includes a connection segment and an active segment along a length of the metal substrate. The metal coating is disposed on an outer surface of the metal substrate along the connection segment and the active segment. The insulative material surrounds the connection segment of the metal substrate without surrounding the active segment, and the adhesive adheres to the metal coating on the connection segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley Alleman, Keith Victorine, Tyler Strang, Nicole Cooper, Steve Chantasirivisal, Traci Chang
  • Method of deposition
    Patent number: 12207556
    Abstract: In a method for sputter depositing an additive-containing aluminium nitride film containing an additive element like Sc or Y, a first layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film is deposited onto a substrate disposed within a chamber by pulsed DC reactive sputtering. A second layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film is deposited onto the first layer by pulsed DC reactive sputtering. The second layer has the same composition as the first layer. A gas or gaseous mixture is introduced into the chamber when depositing the first layer. A gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen gas and an inert gas is introduced into the chamber when depositing the second layer. The percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate (in sccm) when depositing the first layer is greater than that when depositing the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SPTS Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Thomas, Steve Burgess, Amit Rastogi, Tony Wilby, Scott Haymore
  • Systems and methods for making use of telemetry tracking devices to enable event based analysis at a live game
    Patent number: 12201911
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a process to predict a probability of a future event occurring in a present competition includes receiving time-stamped position information of one or more participants in the present competition. The time-stamped position information is captured by a telemetry tracking system during the present competition. The process uses the time-stamped position information to determine a first play situation of the present competition. The process determines, based on at least the first play situation and playing data associated with at least a subset of one or both of a first set of one or more participants and a second set of one or more participants, a prediction of the probability of a first future event occurring at the present competition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Infinite Athlete, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Schwartz, Michael Naquin, Christopher Brown, Steve Xing, Pawel Czarnecki, Charles D. Ebersol
  • Hydraulic actuator including a multi-head piston for hydraulic gearing
    Patent number: 12203491
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuator system of an aircraft includes a hydraulic actuator having a housing with a piston having a piston shaft with a piston head attached thereto and arranged within the housing. The piston head divides in internal volume of the housing into an extend cavity and a retract cavity and the extend cavity is configured to be connected to low pressure fluid source. The system also includes a pressure selector unit fluidly connected to the retract cavity and configured to be connected to the low pressure fluid source and to a high pressure fluid source. The unit include three solenoids with the first and second connected in parallel to the fluid sources and the third solenoid having a third solenoid first input connected to the first solenoid output, a third solenoid second input connected to the second solenoid output, and a third solenoid output connected to the retract cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Prescott Susca, Morgan O'Rorke, Steve Doerner
  • Process for converting methanol to formaldehyde
    Patent number: 12202793
    Abstract: A method for catalytic vapor phase oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde may include: passing a feed stream comprising methanol and oxygen through a layered catalyst bed having a first layer comprising a first silver catalyst particles and a second layer comprising a second silver catalyst particles that are different than the first silver catalyst particles, wherein the feed stream passes through the first layer before the second layer, wherein the first silver catalyst particles has a greater reaction activity for converting methanol and oxygen to formaldehyde; and reacting the methanol and the oxygen in the presence of the catalysts to produce a product stream comprising formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Wensheng Chen, Justin Dodson, Steve Alexander, Monty Sinnreich, Randal Jendrzey
  • Method and apparatus for removing skin from animal parts
    Patent number: 12201119
    Abstract: A method of mechanically removing skin from animal parts that have a bone part extending therein, including moving the animal parts, suspended on shackles depending from an overhead conveyor, along a path of travel and cutting the part to separate the skin therefrom. The part moves into a skinning station in which the part is urged into engagement with skinning rolls. The skinning rolls are rotated and engage and draw the skin of the part therebetween. The skin is progressively pulled downwardly and away from underlying meat of the animal part as the part moves forwardly along its path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Foodmate US, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Steve Sosebee
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D1058467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Wheel Pros LLC
    Inventor: Steve Hetrick