Patents by Inventor Tim Liu
Tim Liu 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).
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Publication number: 20240138877Abstract: Intravascular delivery system is designed for a safe and efficient access to secondary and tertiary vascular structures, such as the branches of the coronary sinus, to enhance the delivery and deployment of various catheters, such as, for example, pacemaker electrical leads. The over-the-wire system features a straight, or alternatively shaped, micro-catheter distal tip of an inner catheter that seamlessly cooperates with a peel-away reinforced outer catheter. The inner catheter and the peel-away reinforced outer catheter are advanced in their engaged mode of operation towards (or beyond) the target site. Subsequently, the inner and outer catheters are disengaged, and the inner catheter is removed from the outer catheter. A pacemaker lead may be advanced over the wire inside the outer catheter to the target site for deployment. Subsequently, the outer catheter is easily split and may be rapidly removed from the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Tim A. Fischell, Frank S. Saltiel, Xiaoke Liu, Jeffrey D. Payne
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Publication number: 20240136168Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering a liquid sample to an ion source for the generation of ions and subsequent analysis by mass spectrometry are provided herein. In accordance with various aspects of the present teachings, MS-based systems and methods are provided in which an open port of a sampling probe for receiving a specimen may be exposed to washing solvent to wash the sampling probe while fluid within the sampling probe remains continuously flowing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Thomas R. COVEY, Tim HAEBE, Chang LIU
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Publication number: 20240117235Abstract: A coating protects a dissolvable component of a downhole tool, so that the dissolvable component can be deployed to a desired downhole location, perform under high stress for fracturing operations, and be efficiently dissolved after the fracturing operations are completed. The present invention elevates known greases for this functionality usually performed by complex factory fabricated polymer and metal coatings. The coating includes an activation layer, a first grease layer, and a second grease layer. The first grease layer and the second grease layer have differential grease layer consistency ranges and thickness rages. The coating includes non-uniform layers of manually applied greases onsite to control degradation of the component substrate as effectively as factory coatings pre-fabricated on the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Lei ZHAO, Jiaxiang REN, Tim DUNNE, Peng CHENG, Huailiang LIU
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Patent number: 11952531Abstract: A coating protects a dissolvable component of a downhole tool, so that the dissolvable component can be deployed to a desired downhole location, perform under high stress for fracturing operations, and be efficiently dissolved after the fracturing operations are completed. The present invention elevates known greases for this functionality usually performed by complex factory fabricated polymer and metal coatings. The coating includes an activation layer, a first grease layer, and a second grease layer. The first grease layer and the second grease layer have differential grease layer consistency ranges and thickness rages. The coating includes non-uniform layers of manually applied greases onsite to control degradation of the component substrate as effectively as factory coatings pre-fabricated on the components.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: CNPC USA Corporation, Beijing Huamel, Inc., China National Petroleum CorporationInventors: Lei Zhao, Jiaxiang Ren, Tim Dunne, Peng Cheng, Huailiang Liu
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Patent number: 11947192Abstract: A contact lens comprising one or more microchannels for transport of liquid through the lens is provided. The contact lens can be made by contacting a curable composition with a microfiber that is insoluble in the curable composition; curing the curable composition to provide a polymeric lens body with the microfiber embedded therein; and contacting the polymeric lens body with a solvent to dissolve the microfiber.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Sourav Saha, Victoria Rogers, Charles B. Derringer, Sarah Tao, Szeshen Chuah, Yuan Sun, Yuwen Liu, Nancy Keir, Tim Warren, Matthew S. Linn, Lu Jiang
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Publication number: 20240102484Abstract: A ceiling fan has blades spaced apart circumferentially about and extending outward radially from a rotating component of a motor. The blades include upper blades and lower blades. Each lower blade is between and extends below a pair of adjacent upper blades. The motor, when activated, rotates the rotating component, concurrently rotating the upper blades and the lower blades in the same rotational direction. Each of the upper blades leading an adjacent one of the lower blades is configured to generate and direct an air current rearwardly and downwardly therefrom in front of the adjacent one of the lower blades and each of the lower blades trailing an adjacent one of the upper blades is configured to intercept the air current from the adjacent one of the upper blades and accelerate it rearwardly and downwardly therefrom, when the motor is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Joseph Warren Harris, Tim Liu
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Patent number: 11930620Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a heat dissipator for an electronic apparatus, including: a planar vapor chamber having a substantially rectangular form factor, wherein a second dimension d2 of the rectangular form factor is at least approximately twice a first dimension d1 of the rectangular form factor; a first fan and second fan; and a first heat pipe and second heat pipe discrete from the planar vapor chamber and disposed along first and second d1 edges of the planar vapor chamber, further disposed to conduct heat from the first and second d1 edges to the first and second fan respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jeff Ku, Cora Nien, Gavin Sung, Tim Liu, Lance Lin, Wan Yu Liu, Gerry Juan, Jason Y. Jiang, Justin M. Huttula, Evan Piotr Kuklinski, Juha Tapani Paavola, Arnab Sen, Hari Shanker Thakur, Prakash Kurma Raju
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Patent number: 11907022Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Publication number: 20230333604Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Publication number: 20230332616Abstract: A ceiling fan having double-layer blades includes a motor unit, a blade frame unit, a first blade unit, and a second blade unit. The blade frame unit has a blade frame body. The first blade unit includes a plurality of first blades. The second blade unit includes a plurality of second blades. The first blades and the second blades surround the outside of the blade frame body, so that there is no need for the motor unit to provide a motor housing for connecting the first blades and the second blades, thereby saving costs and installation costs. With the arrangement of the first blades and the second blades, the ceiling fan can increase the current of air for cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Joseph Warren Harris, Tim Liu
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Patent number: 11686321Abstract: A ceiling fan having double-layer blades includes a motor unit, a blade frame unit, a first blade unit, and a second blade unit. The blade frame unit has a blade frame body. The first blade unit includes a plurality of first blades. The second blade unit includes a plurality of second blades. The first blades and the second blades surround the outside of the blade frame body, so that there is no need for the motor unit to provide a motor housing for connecting the first blades and the second blades, thereby saving costs and installation costs. With the arrangement of the first blades and the second blades, the ceiling fan can increase the current of air for cooling.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AIR COOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Joseph Warren Harris, Tim Liu
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Patent number: 11680703Abstract: An installation structure of a ceiling fan and an upper illuminating lamp includes a first mounting unit that is disposed on one of a connecting portion of a ceiling fan body and a lamp unit and a second mounting unit that is disposed on the other one of the connecting portion and the lamp unit. The second mounting unit corresponds to the first mounting unit. The first mounting unit and the second mounting unit are connected to each other so that the lamp unit and the ceiling fan body are coupled together, so as to complete the assembly quickly.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: AIR COOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Joseph Warren Harris, Tim Liu
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Patent number: 11662777Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Patent number: 11649993Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a hybrid thermal management system. The hybrid thermal management system can include a heat source, an air mover, a heat sink coupled to the air mover, a thermal electric cooling device (TEC), and a heat pipe. The heat pipe can couple the heat source to the heat sink and to the TEC and transfer heat from the heat source to the heat sink and to the TEC.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Gavin Sung, Gerry Juan, Harish Jagadish, Ivan By Wang, Jason Y. Jiang, Sammi Wy Liu, Tim Liu, Jeff Ku
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Publication number: 20230143101Abstract: A ceiling fan having double-layer blades includes a motor unit, a blade frame unit, a first blade unit, and a second blade unit. The blade frame unit has a blade frame body. The first blade unit includes a plurality of first blades. The second blade unit includes a plurality of second blades. The first blades and the second blades surround the outside of the blade frame body, so that there is no need for the motor unit to provide a motor housing for connecting the first blades and the second blades, thereby saving costs and installation costs. With the arrangement of the first blades and the second blades, the ceiling fan can increase the current of air for cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Joseph Warren Harris, Tim Liu
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Publication number: 20230045113Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Publication number: 20220413547Abstract: A cover for a tablet or similar computer device equipped with strap hinges is disclosed. In embodiments, the cover may include three strap hinges to allow the tablet to be placed in several different configurations. The cover is equipped with at least two magnets in different polarities, which may be detected by the tablet. Based on the detection of at least one magnet and its polarity, the tablet may cause the interface of its operating system to be placed into a configuration appropriate to the configuration of the cover. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Gavin Sung, Mallari C. Hanchate, Prasanna Pichumani, Prakash Kurma Raju, Tim Liu
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Patent number: 11455016Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
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Patent number: 11210798Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to a mechanical system on computer with rotational projector and RealSenseā¢ camera are described. In an embodiment, a device includes three portions: a first portion to comprise a projector; a second portion to comprise a camera; and a third portion to comprise one or more computing system components. At least the first and second portions are rotationally engaged to allow for independent rotation of the first portion and the second portion. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Simon Tsai, Jeff Ku, Gavin Sung, Paul M. Zagacki, Tim Liu, Ivan By Wang, Christopher J. Hamlin
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Patent number: D950565Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung