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: 12274036
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes a co-packaged optical module and a heatsink mounted to the co-packaged optical module. The co-packaged optical module includes a processor disposed on a substrate and a plurality of light engines disposed at different locations around the processor on the substrate. The processor and the light engines generating different amounts of heat during operation. The heatsink includes a plurality of heat pipes non-uniformly distributed throughout the heatsink to remove the different amounts of heat generated at a location of the processor and respective locations of the different ones of the light engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventors: Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan, Liang Ding, Mark Patterson, Roberto Coccioli, Steve Aboagye
  • Patent number: 12268626
    Abstract: A comfort harness for an orthotic brace being fully adjustable and having a crescent-shaped pad located about the front shoulder of a user for dispersing a load and for added comfort for the user. Multiple straps are provided for upper back, under arm, and cross-body support for the user. The comfort harness configured to connect with a variety of orthotics for an arm, a shoulder, and the like. In some cases, the comfort harness is capable of being donned and adjusted by the user when in a supine position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventors: Rita Carney, Steve Santaniello
  • Patent number: 12269666
    Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having a spout channel extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with a cap having a magnetic top surface, and the spout adapter may be further removably coupled to a lid that may be used as a cup into which a volume of the liquid can be poured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: John Alan Tolman, Steve Charles Nichols, Edward Abante
  • Patent number: 12268988
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system air filter for a building ventilation system. The HVAC system air filter comprises a supportive frame configured to orient the HVAC system air filter within the building ventilation system. A composite filter medium retained within the supportive frame comprises a cotton gauze portion and an electrostatic portion. The cotton gauze portion is configured for treatment with a filter oil composition to enhance airflow and filtration of air flowing through the composite filter medium. The electrostatic portion is configured to electrostatically attract and agglomerate airborne molecular contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as small as 0.001 microns in diameter. In some embodiments, the composite filter medium comprises substances configured to release a fragrance into air passing through the composite filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall
  • Patent number: 12271938
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for fulfilling items at a materials handling facility. In some instances, a predicted items list that identifies items that are likely to be picked by a user are determined and, when the user arrives at the materials handling facility, those predicted items are presented to the user for selection. For example, predicted items may be determined and an inventory holder that holds one or more of those predicted items may be retrieved by a mobile drive unit (such as a Kiva mobile drive unit) and presented to the user at a retrieval area. The user may pick the items they desire from the presented inventory holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ozgur Dogan, Gianna Lise Puerini, Michael Cordell Mountz, Steve Kessel
  • Patent number: 12268664
    Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more benzodiazepine drugs for nasal administration, methods for producing and for using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Neurelis, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cartt, David Medeiros, Garry Thomas Gwozdz, Andrew Loxley, Mark Mitchnick, David F. Hale, Edward T. Maggio
  • Patent number: 12268948
    Abstract: An exercise machine has a lock mode and an unlock mode associated with a screen lock function. A computing device coupled to the exercise machine includes a display, memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The computing device is configured to detect a user interaction with the computing device or the exercise machine while the exercise machine is in the lock mode, render a screen lock interface on the display in response to the user interaction, receive an input code from the screen lock interface, determine that the input code matches a goal code, and adjust the exercise machine from the lock mode to the unlock mode in response to determining that the input code matches the goal code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Rodden, Cyrus Evanado, Steve Black, James Taylor, Robert Nicholas Haselmann
  • Publication number: 20250108810
    Abstract: A drive mode hierarchy includes drive mode categories and drive modes belonging to each category. Each drive mode defines values for attributes of the drivetrain and/or suspension of a vehicle. Each drive mode may further have towing and non-towing sub-modes with the towing sub-mode being used when a trailer is detected. An interface is provided for selecting drive modes from the hierarchy and modifying the attributes. The vehicle may define a plurality of trailer profiles including attributes of trailers, such as weight and aerodynamic drag. A user may select among trailer profiles and define the attributes of the trailer profiles. Interfaces displayed by the vehicle may vary according to the selected drive mode and may include a chassis view with interface elements displaying real-time information of components of the vehicle, such as wheels, suspension, and battery. Tiles including real-time information may be displayed according to the selected drive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Britt Singh MIURA, Steve GOODIN, Joel POMONIK, Erik Robert GLASER
  • Publication number: 20250111242
    Abstract: Various systems and methods providing a platform that facilitates creating, managing, and searching for documents, such as medical documents, and the evaluation of medical workflows, are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods utilize machine learning models (e.g., large language models, or LLMs), such as ML models that employ reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), or similar reinforcement learning models, to enhance and/or optimize operations and processes provided or supported by the platform, such as search queries, scenario, generation, and information retrieval operations, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tulasee Rao CHINTHA, Ashish Advani, Steve Pickette
  • Publication number: 20250107544
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural mixture comprising 4-(3-oxo-2-(pent-2-enyl)cyclopentyl) butanoic acid and jasmonic acid or 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, a hydrate thereof, a polymorph thereof or a salt thereof. The present invention is further directed to a method of enhancing apple coloration comprising applying a mixture of the present invention to apples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Falco, Steve McArtney, Peter D. Petracek, Franklin Paul Silverman, Marci Ann Surpin, Derek D Woolard
  • Publication number: 20250112815
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing error codes includes detecting a failure condition on a network, identifying a subset of subscribers impacted by the failure condition, determining for each subscriber in the subset of subscribers a first set of error codes associated with the failure condition, creating a Bayesian network comprising one or more error codes from the first set of error codes of each the subset of subscribers, computing a Conditional Probability Distribution (CPD) for each of the one or more error codes of the Bayesian network, and determining a second set of error codes based on the CPD, the second set of error codes indicative of a cause of the failure condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: NetScout Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Quenie Sun, Erdem Uysal, Steve Loker, Greg Mayo
  • Publication number: 20250111317
    Abstract: A system for mitigating risk in an enclosed space comprises: a processor unit having a rules engine and a workflow engine; an infrastructure library accessible by the processor unit and holding a plurality of available interventions which can be enacted by the system; a plurality of environmental sensors, each arranged to supply the processor unit with sensor signals indicating a sensed risk factor of the enclosed space; a workflow interface arranged to instruct the operation of a workflow which enacts an intervention; wherein the rules engine is configured to process the sensor signals from the plurality of sensors against a set of rules to determine if the risk is elevated to a level where mitigating action is required; wherein the workflow engine is configured to select one or more of the available interventions from the infrastructure library when intervention is required; wherein the processor unit is configured to generate a workflow instruction signal when a workflow has been selected and to send that
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Ralph Izod, Steve Burch
  • Publication number: 20250107845
    Abstract: A microwave ablation apparatus includes a base unit with at least one microwave generator and at least one coolant flow generator and an operating platform coupled to a processor and memory. The operating platform is configured to receive ablation zone inputs corresponding to desired characteristics of an ablation zone and operate the at least one microwave generator to form the ablation zone with the desired characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Jester, Paul Joseph Hattan, Matthew Otto, Hojjatollah Fallahi, Dane Olson
  • Publication number: 20250112035
    Abstract: A method includes performing a pressing operation on a volume of silicon carbide (SiC) powder to form a polycrystalline SiC (poly-SiC) ingot, and divide the poly-SiC ingot into a plurality of poly-SiC wafer bases. The method further includes, for a respective poly-SiC wafer base, bonding a silicon (Si) wafer structure to the respective poly-SiC wafer base to define a hybrid Si/poly-SiC stack structure, and performing a dividing process to remove a partial thickness of the Si wafer structure from the hybrid Si/poly-SiC stack structure to provide a hybrid Si/poly-SiC wafer comprising a remaining portion of the Si wafer structure bonded to the respective poly-SiC wafer base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Steve Nagel, Bomy Chen, Bruce Odekirk, Pejman Khosropour, Robin Liu, Andy Tu, Thomas Krutsick
  • Publication number: 20250109743
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an ablation probe includes a cassette receptacle configured to accept a cassette including a supply tube for supplying a coolant to the ablation probe. The apparatus also includes a pump head movably positioned proximate the cassette receptacle. The pump head is configured to move between a loading position and an operating position. The pump head includes one or more rollers configured to engage the supply tube of the cassette when the pump head is in the operating position. The apparatus also includes an actuator coupled to the pump head. The actuator is configured to move the pump head between the loading position and the operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Jester, Paul Joseph Hattan, Tim Bachman, Matt Goulet, Logan Ernster, Charlie Weber, Jonathan Nath
  • Publication number: 20250111338
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate records within a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may perform one or more of: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; obtain input information defining digital assets representing sets of content input via a user interface; generate content information characterizing the sets of content represented in the digital assets; generate individual records based on the content information; and/or other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: Steve B. Morin
  • Publication number: 20250107728
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Mark C. Brister, Steve Masterson, John Dobbles, Michael Robert Mensinger, Sean T. Saint, Apurv U. Kamath
  • Publication number: 20250111299
    Abstract: Self-schedule suggestions are generated for a user. The suggestions are generated by scoring and selecting open shifts based on user preferences and selected shift features. Schedule days are scored and ranked according to criteria associated with each day. Scored open shifts are assembled into a suggested schedule by iteratively selecting the top open shifts for the top schedule days while verifying that the schedule meets regulatory or preference constraints. The self-schedule suggestions are presented to a user, and a user can accept or reject the suggestions. Rejecting suggestions can cause the regeneration of schedule suggestions using different shift features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephan Corriveau, Beyime Tachefine, Steve Menard
  • Publication number: 20250112375
    Abstract: An antenna system is provided. The antenna system includes a base structure, a transmission line, a ground plane, and a backfire antenna element. The transmission line extends from the base structure and is coupled to the base structure at a first end of the transmission line. The ground plane is coupled to the transmission line at a second end of the transmission line. The backfire antenna element extends between the ground plane and the base structure. The backfire antenna element is coupled to the second end of the TEM line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Boudreau, Santiago Sierra-Garcia, Stéphane Lamoureux, Thomas Tralman, Steve Larouche
  • Patent number: D1069537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Steve J. Lindsay