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).

  • Patent number: 12201098
    Abstract: A fishing tackle bait keeper for a fishing hook includes an anchor and an extension member. The anchor has a sleeve with first and second ends, and plural ribs coupled to the first end. The ribs project in a diverging arrangement from the first end of the sleeve in a direction opposite of the sleeve first end. The ribs each have a free end. The ribs move from a deployed position to a retracted position, wherein when the ribs are in the retracted position, the ribs are oriented with the sleeve to allow insertion of the bait keeper into a bait, and wherein when the ribs are in the deployed position, the ribs extend out from the sleeve to resist being removed from the bait, the ribs are normally in the deployed position. The extension member is coupled to the sleeve and having an attachment portion for coupling with the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Steve Parks
  • Patent number: 12204555
    Abstract: A method of operations of a display-server computing system includes delivering input by a display device to a server computer over a communications network, processing an application unit of the server computer with the input, responsive to the step of inputting, outputting a result of the processing, together with tags indicative of the input, delivering the result and the tags by the server computer to the display device over the communications network, receiving the result and the tags by the display device, receiving new input to the display device prior to receiving the result and the tags by the display device, and processing a transform of the display device by comparing the tags to the new input to obtain a transformed result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Steve Bakke
  • Patent number: 12203765
    Abstract: Presented are techniques of identifying, processing and displaying data point clusters associated with map information in an efficient manner Methods and systems are disclosed which process map information to identify clusters of requested data points for display, based on iterative clustering and filtering of the data points. Methods and systems are also disclosed which generate polygons representing the clusters. The amount of data to be processed and/or displayed can be reduced, without loss of any associated information content in a displayed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Steve Chien, Mark Yinan Li, Marc Schaub, Benjamin Anderson, James Aspinall, Zhou Bailiang, Ruwen Hess
  • Patent number: 12205121
    Abstract: A computer system includes a token repository configured to store payment tokens, and a server system. The server system includes a processor and instructions stored in non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions configured to cause the server system to receive a request to provision a payment token based on a financial product, wherein the request includes information related to the financial product, provision a payment token based on the token request, including authenticating the financial product based on the financial product information and generating the payment token upon authenticating the financial product, wherein the payment token is useable to make a payment via the financial product, and store the payment token in the token repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Azita Asefi, Jorge Michirefe, Al Hecht, Steve Puffer, Peter Ho
  • Patent number: 12204504
    Abstract: A method of identifying and enabling a data marketplace system transaction may comprise receiving an enterprise user object map defining a dataset field name and storage location for a dataset to be migrated pursuant to a user data integration process modeled by a user with a plurality of visual elements, identifying a data marketplace domain classification for the dataset to be migrated based on the enterprise user object map, querying a data marketplace application programming interface (API) to determine that it provides a marketplace for datasets meeting the data marketplace domain classification, generating a dataset sale integration process for transmitting the dataset of the data marketplace domain classification selected by the user for sale from a storage location defined by the user data integration process to a location defined by the data marketplace API, and automatically transmitting the dataset of the data marketplace domain classification to a purchaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BOOMI, LP
    Inventors: Michael J. Morton, Steve J. Todd, Richard A. Backhouse
  • Patent number: 12205663
    Abstract: In a particular implementation, a circuit comprises: a first branch comprising a first transistor, where the first branch is configured to generate a first voltage; a second branch comprising a second transistor, where the second branch is configured to generate a second voltage; and a comparator configured to generate an output signal based on a comparison of the first and second voltages. Also, the output signal may be configured to regulate an output voltage of one or more negative charge pump circuits coupled to the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Steve Ngueya Wandji, El Mehdi Boujamaa, Cyrille Nicolas Dray
  • Publication number: 20250024683
    Abstract: A method for forming a memory device is provided. An alternating dielectric stack is formed on a substrate. The alternating dielectric stack includes a dielectric layer pair, and the dielectric layer pair includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer different from the first dielectric layer. A barrier structure extending vertically through the alternating dielectric stack and laterally separating the alternating dielectric stack into a first portion and a second portion is formed. The barrier structure has an unclosed shape. The first dielectric layer in the second portion of the alternating dielectric stack is replaced with a conductor layer to form an alternating conductor/dielectric stack including the conductor layer and a third dielectric layer. A through array contact structure extending vertically through the first portion of the alternating dielectric stack to the substrate is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Zhenyu LU, Simon Shi-Ning YANG, Feng PAN, Steve Weiyi YANG, Jun CHEN, Guanping WU, Wenguang SHI, Weihua CHENG
  • Publication number: 20250022004
    Abstract: A deal value metric (or “deal score”) enables consumers to identify the quality of a ticket listing, and facilitates direct comparison of available event tickets having varying quality throughout a venue. The deal value metric disclosed herein also permits simultaneous comparison of tickets among multiple similar events, and provides a helpful criterion to supplement conventional search filters such as location or price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jon D GROETZINGER, Eric R.J. WALLER, Russell P. D'SOUZA, Adam D. COHEN, Steve Andrew RITTER
  • Publication number: 20250017294
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to coated substrates having, e.g., anti-viral properties, to articles including the coated substrates, and to processes for making such coated substrates and articles. In an embodiment, a coated substrate is provided. The coated substrate includes a substrate having a weight of about 120 g/m2 or less according to ASTM D3776, mineral oxide particles, iron oxide particles, or both, coupled to at least a portion of the substrate wherein the coated substrate has a breathing resistance (95 L/min, EN 149:2001) of about 6 mbar or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew R. BARRON, lain POWNER, Wafaa AL-SHATTY, Donald A. HILL, Sajad KIANI, Andrius STANULIS, Lee TRETHEWAY, Shirin ALEXANDER, Steve WINSTON
  • Publication number: 20250022071
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to fine-tuning machine learning (ML) chatbots for an enterprise. The systems and methods may use ML chatbots and/or generative ML to generate social media content for a user associated with an enterprise. The systems and methods may fine-tune a base ML model, and use the fine-tuned ML model for the ML chatbot. A user profile may indicate user attributes, and a fine-tuned ML model may be loaded for the ML chatbot based upon an identified user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jose Ivan Gutierrez, Lauren Michell, Ross Wheeler, Steve Amancha, Anthony Welcome
  • Publication number: 20250023272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector system having a male connector assembly and a female connector assembly. The male connector assembly includes a male housing assembly and a male terminal assembly having a male terminal, a spring member with at least one contact arm with a significantly bent configuration and an openable jacket that encloses a substantial extent of the male terminal and the spring member. The male terminal assembly also includes a compression limiting means that prevents an external force from overly deforming the contact arm inward. Preventing excessive depression of the contact arm is desirable because it can damage the contact arm and/or the spring member thereby introducing a failure mode to the male connector assembly that can cause the overall connector system to become inoperable and unusable. The female connector assembly includes a female housing assembly and a female terminal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: James Dawson, Brantley Natter, Mohamad Zeidan, Slobodan Pavlovic, Nathan Hollin, Steve Krass
  • Publication number: 20250019025
    Abstract: A marking device that is supported by a personal mobility vehicle, such as a scooter, is movable from a first position, in which the marking device does not contact the riding surface, and a second position, in which the marking device contacts the riding surface. The marking device includes an attachment portion and a marking portion that creates markings on the riding surface as a result of frictional contact with the riding surface. The marking device can also include an actuation portion which is accessible to the user and allows the user to move the marking device to the second position. In one arrangement, the marking device includes an elastic marking member which is configured to bend in order to maintain contact with the riding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Hadley, Steve Sramek, Bradley James Williams
  • Publication number: 20250019136
    Abstract: A closure is provided for coupling to a container. The closure includes an insert and an overcap affixed to a container neck of a container. The insert includes a cover removably coupled to the insert. The insert may includes a pull tab coupled to the cover, the cover detaching from the insert in response to a user pulling on the pull tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Sungsuk Steve Kim, Gary L. Berge
  • Publication number: 20250017374
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a left hand bracket and a right hand bracket, each with an upper shelf support and a lower shelf support. An upper shelf fits onto the upper shelf support and a lower shelf fits onto the lower shelf support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Steve Bright
  • Publication number: 20250023260
    Abstract: A vehicle battery terminal clamp assembly features a clasping mechanism and a securement assembly. The clasping mechanism includes a top wall with an upper battery post aperture and an upper slit, a bottom wall with a lower battery post aperture and a lower slit, and a front wall integrally extending between the top and bottom walls and including a front slit, and wherein the upper slit, the lower slit, and the front slit are arranged to form a continuous slit that extends from the upper battery post aperture, across the front wall and to the lower battery post aperture. The upper and lower battery post apertures are configured to receive an extent of a post extending from the vehicle battery. The securement assembly applies less than a nominal compressive force on the clasping mechanism, wherein the top wall of the clasping mechanism is substantially parallel with the bottom wall of the clasping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Nathan Hollin, Steve Krass, Douglas John Robbins
  • Publication number: 20250018173
    Abstract: A sensory control system that encompasses an outer surface of a body part for applying low level electrical impulses to the outer surface to alter a physical sensation of the body part. The system including a garment constructed of a flexible material with an electrode disposed between the garment and the outer surface, wherein operationally the electrode comes into contact with an outer surface of a particular part of a human body of a user. Also included in the system is control circuitry that is in electrical communication with the electrode, wherein the control circuitry is operative to generate the electrical impulses with particular frequency, phase, pulse versus time amounts, voltage, and ampere levels at user safe low electrical power levels that are less than one-hundred milli-amps and no more than sixty volts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Steve O'Neal
  • Patent number: 12195977
    Abstract: A device for securing multiple sections of a guardrail to a pour stop to ultimately form a guardrail about a predetermined surface includes a base member; a stanchion member or pipe integrally secured to a top wall of a top portion of the base member; and an angle member having a side portion and a top portion with a top wall integrally joined to a bottom wall of the top portion of the base member. The stanchion member slidably receives a tube portion of a guardrail section. The side portion of the angle member includes an outer wall disposed substantially parallel to and separated from an inner wall of a second side portion of the base member, thereby forming a gap for receiving a top portion of a pour stop having a bottom portion secured to a surface outside the predetermined surface enclosed by the pour stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: Steve M. Stawychny
  • Patent number: 12200056
    Abstract: A computer is provided for a network communication system of a motor vehicle. The system includes a central gateway and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) coupled to the central gateway. The computer includes one or more processors and a computer readable medium (CRM) coupled to the processors. The processor is programmed to receive an input database including a plurality of messages with a plurality of unique periodic rates. The processor is further programmed to assign a plurality of delayed start times for associated messages, with a number of the messages transmitted at each of the delayed starting times being limited to a predetermined maximum threshold. The processor is further programmed to generate an output database including the delayed start times, such that the ECUs are coded based on the output database to transmit the messages at the associated delayed start times to decrease a congestion of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sudhakaran Maydiga, Steve DiBella, Katrina M. Schultz, Grant Ayodele Ebun Soremekun
  • Patent number: 12196041
    Abstract: A ceiling ladder having a plurality of sections that can be climbed by a user when in an unfolded position into an attic and that can be folded together into a retracted position to be stored above the ceiling. The ladder has a deep step, which has a width greater than the width of other steps of the ladder, in which is located between about 2-5 feet from the floor when the ladder is in the unfolded position so that a user can stand on the deep step and place objects into the attic without having to climb into the attic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Steve Woodward, Shannon Lessner, Thomas Parker
  • Patent number: 12196200
    Abstract: A displacement pump is configured to mount to a drive housing. A reciprocating drive is connectable to a pump rod of the displacement pump and includes a connecting rod and a drive link that receives a head of the pump rod. A flange projects from a pump body of the pump and a ring projects from the pump body of the pump. A portion of the drive housing is received in a gap between the flange and the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Thompson, Christopher A. Lins, Andrew J. Kopel, Glen W. Davidson, Chad R. Taszarek, Chris W. Sydow, William M. Blenkush, Steve J. Wrobel