Patents by Inventor Rick Liao

Rick Liao 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).

  • PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20240088319
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and at least one Se-containing layer, such as a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing the photovoltaic device includes forming the CdSeTe layer over a substrate by at least one of sputtering, evaporation deposition, CVD, chemical bath deposition process, and vapor transport deposition process. The process can also include controlling a thickness range of the Se-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Damjanovic, Markus Gloeckler, Feng Liao, Andrei Los, Dan Mao, Benjamin Milliron, Gopal Mor, Rick Powell, Kenneth Ring, Aaron Roggelin, Jigish Trivedi, Zhibo Zhao
  • Power-supplying device for peripheral applied equipments of a computer
    Patent number: 6780048
    Abstract: A power-supplying device includes: a housing of which one end has an electrically connecting end to connect a power source, the housing has at least a power supplying jack for connecting; a jack for a universal serial bus (USB) provided on the housing for connecting an inserted electric wire with a USB port of the computer; a control circuit provided in the housing and having an electronic switch to connect between the electrically connecting end and the power supplying jack, one end thereof is connected to the jack for the USB to detect the voltage of power source of the USB; and a manual switch provided on the housing, two end connecting points thereof are parallelly connected with the control circuit. Thereby, the power supplying structure can detect the voltage of power source of the USB to judge whether the computer is turned on and to render the actions of power supplying to go simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventors: Chia Yuan Chen, Rick Liao
  • POWER-SUPPLYING DEVICE FOR PERIPHERAL APPLIED EQUIPMENTS OF A COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20040147162
    Abstract: A power-supplying device includes: a housing of which one end has an electrically connecting end to connect a power source, the housing has at least a power supplying jack for connecting; a jack for a universal serial bus (USB) provided on the housing for connecting an inserted electric wire with a USB port of the computer; a control circuit provided in the housing and having an electronic switch to connect between the electrically connecting end and the power supplying jack, one end thereof is connected to the jack for the USB to detect the voltage of power source of the USB; and a manual switch provided on the housing, two end connecting points thereof are parallelly connected with the control circuit. Thereby, the power supplying structure can detect the voltage of power source of the USB to judge whether the computer is turned on and to render the actions of power supplying to go simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Chia Yuan Chen, Rick Liao