Patents by Inventor Jeffrey ChiFai LIEW

Jeffrey ChiFai LIEW 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: 20230043018
    Abstract: A smart ring includes a battery, memory, processing circuitry, a plurality of sensors, a plurality of antennas, and a battery, each coupled to one another and all enclosed in a casing, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to conserve the battery by any of sending data to the cloud service when an application is open on the user device, sending data to the cloud service when a threshold is crossed, waking up processing or communicating when there is a change in motion detected by the accelerometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Crystal Wai, Shuhan Liu, Hsiangyin Cheng, Meng-Jung Chuang, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, Richard Chang, Ming-Tsung Su, Hao-Hsiu Huang, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Zhicheng Qiu, Cuong Vu, Fahri Diner, Miroslav Samardzija, Shu Chun Shen
  • Patent number: 10777877
    Abstract: A wireless access point includes a physical form factor including a plurality of sides each adjacent to a bottom portion, wherein the physical form factor houses a plurality of components including i) at least one Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having one or more Wi-Fi radios and a Bluetooth radio and ii) a power supply; and an electrical plug connected to the power supply and extending from the bottom portion for insertion into an electrical outlet for power and for physical support of the wireless access point adjacent to the electrical plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Plume Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Su, Brian Nam, Irene Yang, Guan-Heng Chen, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Nora Yan, Yoseph Malkin, Richard Chang, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, Shu-Chun Shen, Duc Minh Nguyen, William McFarland
  • Publication number: 20190372203
    Abstract: A wireless access point includes a physical form factor including a plurality of sides each adjacent to a bottom portion, wherein the physical form factor houses a plurality of components including i) at least one Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having one or more Wi-Fi radios and a Bluetooth radio and ii) a power supply; and an electrical plug connected to the power supply and extending from the bottom portion for insertion into an electrical outlet for power and for physical support of the wireless access point adjacent to the electrical plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Su, Brian Nam, Irene Yang, Guan-Heng Chen, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Nora Yan, Yoseph Malkin, Richard Chang, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, Shu-Chun Shen, Duc Minh Nguyen, William McFarland
  • Patent number: 10462929
    Abstract: A compact electronic device includes a base with a plurality of sides each adjacent to a bottom portion, wherein the base houses components comprising a heatsink supporting a fan module located in an interior portion, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a power supply, and wherein vents are disposed on the bottom portion and side vents are disposed on one or more of the plurality of sides; a top cover configured to attach to the base via the plurality of sides forming an air gap extending each of the plurality of sides, wherein the air gap supports air exhaust on one or more sides of the plurality of sides and air intake on the remaining sides; and an electrical plug connected to the power supply and extending out of the bottom portion for insertion into an electrical outlet for power and to physically support the compact electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Plume Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Su, Brian Nam, Shu-Chun Shen, Nora Yan, Irene Yang, Richard Chang, Duc Minh Nguyen, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, William McFarland
  • Patent number: 10431868
    Abstract: An antenna system reusing metallic components in a device includes a first antenna element which is also configured to transfer heat into surrounding air; a ground plane which is part of reused metallic components in the device for heat dissipation; and a first physical connection between the first antenna element and the ground plane which supports thermal conductivity based on an associated size and material of the first physical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Plume Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, William McFarland, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Patrick Hanley, Yoseph Malkin, Richard Tzewei Chang, Duc Minh Nguyen, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo
  • Patent number: 10299405
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board each stacked relative to one another; and a mid-spreader disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the mid-spreader includes a heat conductive material in thermal contact with one or more components on each of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to act as a heat sink, and wherein the mid-spreader is thermally connected to one or more heat sinks, the mid-spreader is one of disposed to or integrally formed with the one or more heat sinks, and the mid-spreader extends beyond a size of at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to conduct and transfer heat therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Plume Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Tzewei Chang, Yoseph Malkin, Patrick Hanley, Jeffrey ChiFai Liew, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, Duc Minh Nguyen, Nora Yan, Hiroshi Mendoza, William McFarland
  • Publication number: 20190104640
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board each stacked relative to one another; and a mid-spreader disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the mid-spreader includes a heat conductive material in thermal contact with one or more components on each of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to act as a heat sink, and wherein the mid-spreader is thermally connected to one or more heat sinks, the mid-spreader is one of disposed to or integrally formed with the one or more heat sinks, and the mid-spreader extends beyond a size of at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to conduct and transfer heat therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Tzewei CHANG, Yoseph MALKIN, Patrick HANLEY, Jeffrey ChiFai LIEW, Liem Hieu Dinh VO, Duc Minh NGUYEN, Nora YAN, Hiroshi MENDOZA, William MCFARLAND
  • Publication number: 20180342784
    Abstract: An antenna system reusing metallic components in a device includes a first antenna element which is also configured to transfer heat into surrounding air; a ground plane which is part of reused metallic components in the device for heat dissipation; and a first physical connection between the first antenna element and the ground plane which supports thermal conductivity based on an associated size and material of the first physical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Miroslav SAMARDZIJA, William MCFARLAND, Jeffrey ChiFai LIEW, Patrick HANLEY, Yoseph MALKIN, Richard Tzewei CHANG, Duc Minh NGUYEN, Liem Hieu Dinh VO