Patents by Inventor Andi LIN

Andi LIN 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).

  • Patent number: 11916733
    Abstract: An example computing device is configured to (i) establish a connection to a secure wireless network (ii) determine that one or more playback devices of a media playback system are not connected to the secure wireless network (iii) receive, via a graphical display, a user input indicating a request to update the one or more playback devices with network configuration parameters for the secure wireless network, (iv) retrieve, from storage, a list of the one or more playback devices, (v) receive an input indicating a first playback device to be updated from the list, (vi) establish an initial communication path with the first playback device, (vii) transmit a set of one or more messages to the first computing device collectively comprising the network configuration parameters for the secure wireless network, and (viii) receive an indication that the first computing device has established a connection to the secure wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: William Shoesmith, Ted Lin, Jeffrey M. Peters, Cameron Scott, James Babu, Andi Rusu, Bryan Cox
  • Patent number: 11364083
    Abstract: A joint locking mechanism of a passive robotic arm includes: an output assembly, including a joint output shaft, and a friction disk fixed to the joint output shaft; a braking assembly, including a threaded shaft arranged coaxially with the joint output shaft, a threaded sleeve threaded to the threaded shaft, a rotary disk connected fixedly to the threaded shaft, an end cap rotatable relative to the rotary disk, and a scroll spring generating a rotational force on the threaded shaft. The scroll spring has one end connected fixedly to the end cap and the other end connected to the rotary disk or the threaded shaft. The threaded sleeve is abutted tightly against the friction disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaolong Kuang, Jinzhong Li, Li Zhang, Andi Lin, Liansen Sha, Shumei Yu, Fengfeng Zhang, Lining Sun
  • Publication number: 20210369358
    Abstract: A joint locking mechanism of a passive robotic arm includes: an output assembly, including a joint output shaft, and a friction disk fixed to the joint output shaft; a braking assembly, including a threaded shaft arranged coaxially with the joint output shaft, a threaded sleeve threaded to the threaded shaft, a rotary disk connected fixedly to the threaded shaft, an end cap rotatable relative to the rotary disk, and a scroll spring generating a rotational force on the threaded shaft. The scroll spring has one end connected fixedly to the end cap and the other end connected to the rotary disk or the threaded shaft. The threaded sleeve is abutted tightly against the friction disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shaolong KUANG, Jinzhong LI, Li ZHANG, Andi LIN, Liansen SHA, Shumei YU, Fengfeng ZHANG, Lining SUN