Patents by Inventor The Pen

The Pen 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: 20230125990
    Abstract: An automobile vehicle deployable cocoon airbag system includes an airbag cushion having a first side oriented in a vertical configuration in a non-deployed condition and a second side oriented substantially ninety degrees from the first side in the non-deployed condition and adapted to receive an occupant on the second side providing an occupant sleeping position. At least one retracting tether is connected to the first side and the second side and is retracted using a retraction mechanism. The retraction mechanism acts upon receipt of a signal to retract the at least one retracting tether and pull the second side toward the first side thereby enclosing the occupant between the first side and the second side in a deployed condition of the airbag cushion. At least one energy absorbing (EA) element is connected to the airbag cushion acting to restrict a fore-aft motion of the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-pen Cheng, Chin-hsu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230126971
    Abstract: A sleeping occupant crash protection system includes an occupant sleeping compartment positioned within an autonomous vehicle. A substantially flat platform of the occupant sleeping compartment supports an occupant reclining in a horizontal sleep position. An elastic bedsheet is positioned in direct contact with an upper surface of the platform positioned between the occupant and the platform. A sensing system is in communication with the occupant sleeping compartment and triggers deployment of a bedsheet displacement system during a vehicle rapid deceleration event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Pen Cheng, Chin-hsu Lin, Louis D. Thole, Wonhee Michael Kim
  • Patent number: 11628544
    Abstract: A hook spanner has a spanner body having two opposite side surfaces, a handle segment, and a hooking segment formed on an end of the handle segment. The hooking segment has an abutting end surface located away from the handle segment and having an abutting end surface extending obliquely from one of the two opposite side surfaces of the spanner body to the other side surface. The hook spanner is adapted to turn a nut having multiple grooves arranged around the nut. Each groove has an inclined surface extending obliquely and inwardly from a peripheral surface of the nut. The abutting end surface is aligned with the inclined groove surface of one of the grooves of the nut to stably turn the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pen Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11630909
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing content item collections. A collection management system receives a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item. Collection management system obtains a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier. Collection management system requests content item metadata from a content management system. Collection management system receives from the content management system content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier. Collection management system filters the content item metadata to remove a portion of the content item metadata comprising privileged information. Collection management system retrieves collection item metadata using the collection item identifier. Collection management system adds the filtered content item metadata to the collection item metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Broussard, Igor Kofman, Ian Lesperance, Yoeun Pen, Vinod Valloppillil, Sunny Rochiramani
  • Patent number: 11621703
    Abstract: A semiconductor standard cell of a flip-flop circuit includes semiconductor fins extending substantially parallel to each other along a first direction, electrically conductive wirings disposed on a first level and extending substantially parallel to each other along the first direction, and gate electrode layers extending substantially parallel to a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and formed on a second level different from the first level. The flip-flop circuit includes transistors made of the semiconductor fins and the gate electrode layers, receives a data input signal, stores the data input signal, and outputs a data output signal indicative of the stored data in response to a clock signal, the clock signal is the only clock signal received by the semiconductor standard cell, and the data input signal, the clock signal, and the data output signal are transmitted among the transistors through at least the electrically conductive wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Pen Guo, Chi-Lin Liu, Shang-Chih Hsieh, Jerry Chang-Jui Kao, Li-Chun Tien, Lee-Chung Lu
  • Patent number: 11619257
    Abstract: The application discloses a universal joint assembly. The universal joint assembly, includes a base, two clamping members, a ball shaft, and a locking member. The base has an accommodating groove, a first opening and a second opening disposed opposite to the first opening. The clamping member is disposed inside the accommodating groove. Each of the two clamping members includes a bearing portion, a fulcrum portion, and a clamping portion. An adjustable space exists between an outer side of the bearing portion and an inner wall of the accommodating groove. The locking member presses the ball shaft and the bearing portion. The clamping member take a position where the fulcrum portion contacts the inner wall as a fulcrum, so that the clamping portion moves toward the ball shaft and clamps the ball shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Hsu, Pen-Uei Lu, Mao-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20230091248
    Abstract: Techniques are described for assigning users to swarms based on skill and generating recommendations for increasing skill proficiency. In some implementations, a request specifying a set of requirements for completing a task includes at least one required skill, optionally in combination with a required minimum proficiency value(s). Metrics can be generated based on statistical analysis of instances in which a task is at least one of: (i) assigned to a user who is not associated with a required skill, (ii) assigned to a user whose proficiency value is below a required minimum proficiency value, or (iii) assigned after a delay due to unavailability of a user who is associated with a required skill. The computer system can identify a first skill for improving the metrics, identify a user for becoming associated with the first skill, and send a notification recommending an online learning resource relating to the first skill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shuoqiang Kevin Wang, Devra Struzenberg, Battugs Chadraa, Wei-chen Wang, Wen Zhai, Pen Cheung Chu, Utkarsh Jain, Amber Bouabdallah
  • Publication number: 20230078267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a snap-fit device for spectacle lens and spectacle frame, which mainly provides a spectacle frame comprising a lens assembly portion having an embedding groove arranged on the periphery thereof, so as for an upper edge and two sides of a lens to be embedded in the embedding groove of the lens assembly portion, wherein the lens assembly portion further has a first locking portion and a second locking portion respectively provided on two sides thereof. Thereby, when assembling, a second locking slot arranged on one side of the lens is firstly engaged with the second locking portion of the spectacle frame. The device provided by the present invention does not require any hand tools during the lens assembling and replacement process, and does not require bending or deforming the lens, which achieves the effect of easy lens assembly and replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: PEN-WEI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230062623
    Abstract: A positioning cutter/collet assembly has a cutter/collet and a magnetic attracting position key. The cutter/collet has a cutter/collet key seat recessed in an external annular surface thereof. The magnetic attracting position key is mounted on and magnetically attracts the cutter/collet key seat. The magnetic attracting position key has a body having a protruding rod and a magnetic attracting portion combined with the body and magnetically attracting the cutter/collet to prevent the magnetic attracting position key from separating from the cutter/collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: PEN HUNG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230054876
    Abstract: A piezoelectric structure is disclosed which includes a single crystal having piezoelectric coefficients d31 and d32 of opposite magnitude, such that when an alternating electric field is applied in the Z direction, the piezoelectric structure expands in one of the X and Y directions and contracts in the other of the X and Y direction, a first electrode coupled to the single crystal, and a second electrode coupled to the single crystal, wherein the alternating electric field is input to the single crystal through the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sunil A. Bhave, Pen-Li Yu
  • Patent number: 11581314
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first diffusion area for a first type transistor. The first type transistor includes a first drain region and a first source region. A second diffusion area for a second type transistor is separated from the first diffusion area. The second type transistor includes a second drain region and a second source region. A gate electrode continuously extends across the first diffusion area and the second diffusion area in a routing direction. A first metallic structure is electrically coupled with the first source region. A second metallic structure is electrically coupled with the second drain region. A third metallic structure is disposed over and electrically coupled with the first and second metallic structures. A width of the first metallic structure is substantially equal to or larger than a width of the third metallic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarzi, Ta-Pen Guo, Shu-Hui Sung, Hsiang-Jen Tseng, Shyue-Shyh Lin, Lee-Chung Lu, Chung-Cheng Wu, Li-Chun Tien, Jung-Chan Yang, Ting Yu Chen, Min Cao, Yung-Chin Hou
  • Patent number: 11574865
    Abstract: A method (of manufacturing a semiconductor device) includes: forming via structures in a first via layer over a transistor layer; forming a first via structure of a first deep via arrangement in the first via layer; forming conductive segments in a first metallization layer over the first via layer; forming M_1st routing segments at least a majority of which, relative to a first direction, have corresponding long axes with lengths which at least equal if not exceed a first permissible minimum value for routing segments in the first metallization layer; forming an M_1st interconnection segment having a long axis which is less than the first permissible minimum value and which is included in the first deep via arrangement; and forming via structures in a second via layer over the first metallization layer, including forming a first via structure of the first deep via arrangement in the second via layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Pen Guo, Chien-Ying Chen, Li-Chun Tien, Lee-Chung Lu
  • Publication number: 20230026890
    Abstract: A two-way nut spanner has a handle and an engaging head having a base, a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. The base has a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface respectively located on two opposite sides of the base. The first engaging portion protrudes from the first abutting surface of the base and has multiple first engaging blocks. Each of the engaging blocks has a first inclined surface. The second engaging portion protrudes from the second abutting surface of the base and has a second engaging block having a second inclined surface. The engaging head has the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion with different engaging structures to enhance convenience for using the two-way nut spanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Pen Hung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230014576
    Abstract: A dataflow hierarchy protocol is implemented by one or more devices to optimize how the one or more devices process datagrams for network communications. The dataflow hierarchy considers various available network pathways for dataflow. A device implementing the dataflow hierarchy selects one or more of the available network pathways to provide low latency in data communication with other devices. The device may sample various available network pathways to determine pathway metrics (e.g., latency) and select one or more network pathways based on the metrics. The available network pathways can include pathways through one or more intermediary nodes, such as pathways through a game server, pathways through a cell tower, and pathways through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Peter James Turner, Fang-Pen Lin, Paulo Francisco Zemek
  • Publication number: 20230014165
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to electrical traces on panels. In some examples, a display can include an on-cell touch (OCT) panel, a cover panel, and an electrical trace located on the cover panel, where the cover panel is a glass panel and the electrical trace is to transmit a signal from a component to a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chung LIN CHEN, Hsiu-Pen LIN, Lien Chia CHIU, KUN CHENG TSAI
  • Publication number: 20230020513
    Abstract: A hook spanner has a spanner body having two opposite side surfaces, a handle segment, and a hooking segment formed on an end of the handle segment. The hooking segment has an abutting end surface located away from the handle segment and having an abutting end surface extending obliquely from one of the two opposite side surfaces of the spanner body to the other side surface. The hook spanner is adapted to turn a nut having multiple grooves arranged around the nut. Each groove has an inclined surface extending obliquely and inwardly from a peripheral surface of the nut. The abutting end surface is aligned with the inclined groove surface of one of the grooves of the nut to stably turn the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Pen Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11557532
    Abstract: A 3D-IC includes a first tier device and a second tier device. The first tier device and the second tier device are vertically stacked together. The first tier device includes a first substrate and a first interconnect structure formed over the first substrate. The second tier device includes a second substrate, a doped region formed in the second substrate, a dummy gate formed over the substrate, and a second interconnect structure formed over the second substrate. The 3D-IC also includes an inter-tier via extends vertically through the second substrate. The inter-tier via has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of the inter-tier via is coupled to the first interconnect structure. The second end of the inter-tier via is coupled to one of: the doped region, the dummy gate, or the second interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Pen Guo, Carlos H. Diaz, Jean-Pierre Colinge, Yi-Hsiung Lin
  • Patent number: 11548110
    Abstract: An angle head holder is installed on a spindle having a positioning block mounted on its outer surface with a constraining groove. The angle head holder includes a body base, a driving shaft, a holder assembly, and a positioning device. The driving shaft and the holder assembly are disposed in the body base. The positioning device has a fixing ring and an adjusting assembly. The fixing ring is sleeved on the body base and has a receiving slot. The adjusting assembly has a connecting block, a positioning pin, and at least one lever pin. The connecting block is mounted to the fixing ring and has a receiving groove. The positioning pin protrudes out of the receiving groove, is limited by the constraining groove, and has a retaining groove. The at least one lever pin is mounted in the receiving slot and the retaining groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pen Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11529893
    Abstract: An adjustable seat for a vehicle including a first seat section configured to support a lower leg portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the first direction and a second seat section configured to support an upper leg portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the first direction and a torso and head portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the second direction. The adjustable seat also comprising a third seat section configured to support the torso and head portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the first direction and the upper leg portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the second direction. The adjustable seat also comprising a fourth seat section configured to support the lower leg portion of the passenger when the passenger is sitting facing the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mark O. Neal, Louis D. Thole, David Acosta, Chin-Hsu Lin, Yi-Pen Cheng, Scott D. Thomas
  • Patent number: D973927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONAR AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Pen Yang