Patents by Inventor Steven An

Steven An 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).

  • 2-PART COMPOSTABLE BIOPOLYMER CASE FOR MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240172849
    Abstract: A protective case for a mobile device is disclosed. The protective case includes a substantially rigid outer shell and an inner case softer than the outer shell. Both the outer shell and the inner case are made of a compostable and/or biodegradable material. The outer shell includes a first planar back surface, first flanges positioned at least two peripheral edges of the planar back surface for securing the outer shell to the inner case, and open corners for exposing raised corners of the inner case. The inner case includes a second planar back surface, and second flanges around a periphery of the second back surface for securing the inner case to the mobile device. The raised corners are configured to protrude through the open corners of the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Lu
  • Wearable Apparel with Pockets
    Publication number: 20240172823
    Abstract: A wearable apparel that has pockets usable as a storage compartment for multitudes of items. The wearable apparel with pockets can be tied around different areas of the body as well as on animals. There is a thin and flexible metal strip in the middle section of the wearable apparel with pockets that the user can conform into different shapes to achieve a better fit. The user can zip the pocket compartments shut to secure any items located inside the pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Mulcahy
  • SNOWMOBILE SKI CLAMP
    Publication number: 20240174159
    Abstract: A clamp for securing a pair of snowmobile skis to a bed having an attached loop includes a main body comprising spaced apart plates configured to provide rigidity to the clamp and a hook. The clamp includes at least one moveable plate within the main body having a camming surface engaged with the hook, and an actuating mechanism proximate an end of the main body. The actuating mechanism is configured to position the clamp into an unclamped position wherein the hook is disengaged from the loop attached to the bed and a clamped position where the hook engages the loop and is configured to apply a downward force on the skis by moving the at least one actuator plate within the main body to raise the hook through engagement with the camming surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ernest DeLanghe, Kasey Pipo, William Butterfield, George Runger, Steven Potter, Tyler Jacobson
  • RETAINER FOR PINS TO SUPPORT AXLES UNDER CHASSIS OF WORK MACHINES
    Publication number: 20240174039
    Abstract: A retainer for retaining a pin with a section of a work machine. The retainer includes a body to be reversed between a first state and a second state to secure the pin with the section in each of the first state and the second state. The body defines a retaining portion and a securing portion. The securing portion is fixedly coupled to the retaining portion and defines through-holes. In the first state, the through-holes are aligned with apertures of the section for coupling the body to the section such that the retaining portion acquires first orientations relative to the section to engage the pin according to the first orientations. In the second state, the through-holes are aligned with the apertures for coupling the body to the section such that the retaining portion acquires second orientations relative to the section to engage the pin according to the second orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Sivakumar, Steven Joseph Fujan
  • DEFROST AIRFLOW ASSEMBLY FOR A HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING (HVAC) CASE
    Publication number: 20240174047
    Abstract: A defrost airflow assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) case, having a defrost channel starting in a mixing chamber and terminating in a defrost outlet with a defrost door, a demist channel starting in the mixing chamber and terminating in a demist outlet with a demist door, and a bypass channel connected directly with the post-door defrost channel and the post-door demist channel, and indirectly with the pre-door demist channel and the pre-door defrost channel. The first bypass channel is configured to allow airflow from the mixing chamber to the defrost outlet when the defrost door is in the closed position and the demist door is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Steven MARSHALL, Cody BARNEBEE, Timothy MAYER, Richard SIKORSKI, Jayakumar SELVAN
  • NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS
    Publication number: 20240174498
    Abstract: A monolithic, polymer ramp for elevating a tire of a vehicle from ground level to an elevated position includes a slanted portion having a slanted surface extending from a front end, the slanted surface configured to engage the tire and elevate the tire to the elevated position. The ramp includes a wheel supporting portion having a substantially flat surface extending from the slanted surface and a first chock molded therein proximate a back end, wherein the slanted surface and the substantially flat surface comprise a plurality of spaced apart rows of spaced apart columns wherein the spaced apart columns extend from apertures in the slanted surface and the substantially flat surface and terminate at a distal end that is proximately even with the front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ernest DELANGHE, Steven W. POTTER, William D. BUTTERFIELD, Kasey L. PIPO, Jon LEIKVOLD, Nathaniel CHRISTIAN
  • METHODS OF INCREASING SCRAP GLASS RECYCLING
    Publication number: 20240174555
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of reusing at least a portion of the scrap glass generated in a cellular glass manufacturing process by introducing the scrap glass back into a cellular glass manufacturing process. The methods comprise changing the overall glass composition allowing for higher oxidizer content, which, in turn, allows for inclusion of more scrap material in the glass melt and the cellular glass production process. In particular, the glass composition in the melt is treated to increase the amount of an oxidizer (e.g., MnO2) to amounts above those that are used in conventional manufacturing processes, while also maintaining important physical properties in the ultimate cellular glass product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Stijn Verlaak, Joelle Boehmer, Steven R. Badger
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF VOLATILE SOLVENTS IN TEETH WHITENING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20240175742
    Abstract: A method of accurately and precisely measuring the volatile solvent content of tooth whitening compounds incorporates taking a representative sample of the compound at a given stage of manufacture and measuring its weight before and after a heating process to eliminate substantially all the volatile solvents contained within the sample. By comparing initial and finished weights, the percentage of volatile solvents may be obtained. The process may then be repeated throughout the manufacturing process until any desired solvent concentration is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: CAO Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven D Jensen
  • METHOD OF APPLYING COATING COMPOSITIONS TO A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20240173745
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method of applying a first coating composition and a second coating composition to a substrate. The method includes providing the substrate defining a first target area and a second target area which define a gap there between of less than about 2 mm; applying the first coating composition via a first high transfer efficiency applicator to the first target area at a wet film thickness of from about 5 to about 150 microns; and applying the second coating composition via a second high transfer efficiency applicator to the second target area at a wet film thickness of from about 5 to about 150 microns to form a continuous layer of a combination of the first and second coating compositions that extends across the gap and also extends across at least an additional portion of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Wolfe, SHIH-WA Wang, Cameron L. Stevens, John R. Moore
  • STRUCTURAL INSULATED FINISHED CLADDING ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20240175264
    Abstract: An exterior building panel includes a panel body having a polymeric framing arrangement including an outer boundary portion extending around an outer perimeter of the panel body and a plurality of crossing frame members extending between opposed first and second sides of the outer boundary portion to define a plurality of cavities surrounded by the outer boundary portion, core insulation material disposed in each of the plurality of cavities, an insulation layer surrounding the framing arrangement and the core insulation material, and an insulating lamina coating covering the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Douglas Mort, John Richard Bunting, Lester Charles Bundrick
  • Spirocycle Containing Pyridine Compounds
    Publication number: 20240174673
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that stabilize immunoglobulin light chains, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds for treating a subject with light chain amyloidosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Huang Qiu, Steven J. Wilkens, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Richard F. Labaudiniere, Bo Qin
  • 2,8-DIAZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20240174696
    Abstract: Disclosed are 2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane compounds, including (pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane compounds, (2,6-naphthyridin-1-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane compounds, and (1,7-naphthyridin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane compounds, that are inhibitors of LATS1/2, compositions containing these compounds, and methods for inhibiting LATS1/2 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John MCKERRALL, Alice Rose WONG, James John CRAWFORD, Wendy LEE, Kwong Wah LAI, Guillaume PELLETIER, Stéphanie ROY, Dana Krystin WINTER, Mikiko OKUMURA, Ruth Dorel
  • COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION
    Publication number: 20240174708
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, including compositions comprising the same, which function to recruit various target proteins (e.g., client proteins of 14-3-3 proteins) to an E3 ubiquitin ligase enzyme for ubiquitination and subsequent degradation, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Nancy PRYER, Christian OTTMANN, Steven RICHARDS
  • INTERFERON BETA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240174742
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically binds to interferon beta (IFN?). Such antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, are are useful for various therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Stefano V. Gulla, Christine Huard, Janet Elizabeth Buhlmann, Juan Carlos Almagro, Sreekumar R. Kodangattil, Steven A. Greenberg, Edward Roland Lavallie, Eric M. Bennett, Lidia Mosyak, James Perry Hall, Anthony John Coyle
  • SYNTHESIS OF RAPAMYCIN ANALOG COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20240174615
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel methods for preparing rapamycin analog compounds, as well as to related intermediates useful in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Steven G. BALLMER, Xiaojun HUANG, Shaoling LI
  • SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF SALT INDUCIBLE KINASES
    Publication number: 20240174662
    Abstract: Small molecule inhibitors of salt inducible kinases (SIKs) are provided. In particular, compounds of formula (II) and compounds of formula (III), and tautomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for inhibiting SIKs, such as SIK1 and SIK2, and methods of treating diseases mediated by SIKs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Genesis M. BACANI, Wenying CHAI, De Michael CHUNG, Steven D. GOLDBERG, Gavin HIRST, Virendar KAUSHIK, Eduardo V. MERCADO-MARIN, Donald RAYMOND, Mark SEIERSTAD, Russel C. SMITH, Thomas SUNDBERG, Mark S. TICHENOR, Jennifer D. VENABLE, Jianmei WEI, Ramnik XAVIER
  • STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240175462
    Abstract: A steering shaft assembly includes a shaft having a first end region including a nose, a male spline region coupleable with a female spline region of a clamp yoke, a ring flag seat adjacent said nose, and a first ring flag locating feature between said ring flag seat and said male spline region. The steering shaft assembly also includes a ring flag having an annular band seated on said ring flag seat, a flag extending axially from said annular band in a first direction beyond said first end and radially outwardly from said annular band, and a second ring flag locating feature extending axially from said annular band in a second direction opposite said first direction, said second ring flag locating feature interacting with said first ring flag locating feature to orient said ring flag in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to said shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew L. Messing, Douglas M. Schneider, Steven R. Burk, Robert J. Smith, Phillip D. Beckman, JR., Bruce D. Kniebbe
  • MODULAR ROTATING SHEAR THICKENING FLUID BASED OBJECT CONTROL MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20240175477
    Abstract: A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a set of gates between a front channel and a back channel. The set of gates includes a bypass opening set. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The set of gates is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control rotational movement of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Moshun, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Michael Lang, David Schuda, Jason K. Resch, John Edward Buchalo, Gary W. Grube, Terence Michael Lydon, Steven Michael Barger, Timothy John Boundy, Eric McHugh
  • Electro-Optic Polymer Devices Having High Performance Claddings, and Methods of Preparing the Same
    Publication number: 20240176202
    Abstract: Electro-optic (EO) devices having an EO polymer core comprising a first host polymer and a first nonlinear optical chromophore (NLOC); and a cladding comprising a second host polymer and a second NLOC, and methods of preparing the same; wherein the first NLOC has a first bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; wherein the second NLOC has a second bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; and wherein the second bridge is less conjugated than the first bridge such that the cladding has an index of refraction that is less than that of the EO polymer core, and wherein the second NLOC is present in the second host polymer in a concentration such that the cladding has a conductivity equal to or greater than at least 10% of the conductivity of the EO polymer core at a poling temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Lightwave Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Youngwoo Yi, Cory Steven Pecinovsky, Michael Stephen Lebby, Richard Anthony Becker
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING PERSONAL MOBILITY VEHICLE BRAKES BASED ON LOCATION
    Publication number: 20240174320
    Abstract: The disclosed method may include configuring one or more brakes based on a braking-related attribute expected at a geographic location being traversed by a personal mobility vehicle. By configuring the application of brakes of a personal mobility vehicle based on terrain, environmental conditions, and other geographic features, the system may reduce the risk of the vehicle skidding or tipping due to over-braking. In some embodiments, a rider may use a single brake lever to indicate a desire to brake and the system may make determinations about how to apply a combination of mechanical and electrical brakes to front and back wheels based at least in part on the location of the personal mobility vehicle. By configuring brake engagement based on a combination of controls and map data, the system may improve user experience and user safety, especially for inexperienced riders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Dor Levi, Carlos Ellis Whitt, John Peter Walpole, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski, Steven James Martisauskas, Lucas Jon Van Houten, Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche