Patents by Inventor Benjamin Chaoning Liu

Benjamin Chaoning 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).

  • Publication number: 20220315336
    Abstract: The discussion relates to loading electronic assemblies on multi-shelf chasses. One example can include a vertical positioning mechanism configured to be secured to a multi-shelf chassis and to align a carrier supporting an electronic assembly with an individual shelf of the multi-shelf chassis. The example can also include a horizontal positioning mechanism configured to extend the carrier along the individual shelf and an anti-deflection mechanism configured to reduce downward deflection of the carrier when the carrier is extended into the electronic assembly loader tool along the individual shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chaoning LIU, Miriam Esther MARIZAN
  • Patent number: 10575437
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing immersion cooling in a compact-format circuit card environment comprises a plurality of circuit cards, each including first and second subassemblies. Each of the subassemblies is surrounded in a longitudinal-lateral plane by a corresponding first or second perimeter frame. The first and second subassemblies have first and second operating temperatures, respectively. A first temperature tank is formed by first perimeter frames and substantially surrounds the first subassemblies. A second temperature tank is formed by second perimeter frames and substantially surrounds the second circuit card subassemblies. A first temperature cooling supply line selectively introduces the first cooling fluid into the first temperature tank for at least partially inducing the first operating temperature. A second temperature cooling supply line selectively introduces the second cooling fluid into the second temperature tank for at least partially inducing the second operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Brokner Christiansen, Robert J. Voigt, Benjamin Chaoning Liu, Jonathan Francis Van Dyke, Bruce Ryan Isler
  • Patent number: 10165707
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing immersion cooling in a compact-format circuit card environment comprises a plurality of circuit cards. A plurality of thermal energy transfer devices is provided, each thermal energy transfer device at least partially inducing a respective one of first and second operating temperatures to a corresponding circuit card subassembly. At least one first temperature cooling manifold is in selective fluid communication with at least one first operating temperature thermal energy transfer device. At least one second temperature cooling manifold is in selective fluid communication with at least one second operating temperature thermal energy transfer device. A plurality of manifold interfaces is provided, each manifold interface being in fluid communication with a corresponding thermal energy transfer device. A housing includes first and second operating fluid inlets in fluid communication with first and second operating fluid outlets, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Brokner Christiansen, Bruce Ryan Isler, Jonathan Francis Van Dyke, Robert J. Voigt, Benjamin Chaoning Liu
  • Patent number: 7510363
    Abstract: A bundle handling device is provided that includes a frame, a body, a scoop, a ramp and a controller. The body is mounted to the frame and includes a first opening through which bundles are loaded and a second opening through which bundles are discharged. The scoop and the ramp are mounted to the body. The scoop covers a substantial portion of the second opening, while the ramp covers the remaining portion. The controller is coupled to a plurality of actuators and a plurality of sensors, and controls the rotation of the body, the opening and closing of the scoop and the opening and closing of the ramp, in order to discharge a metered portion of bundles through the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Chaoning Liu, Jason Jin Park, Kevin David Bruner, Robert Louis Stone