Patents by Inventor Boon-Wai Shiu

Boon-Wai Shiu 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: 10103424
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be formed from printed circuit board Yagi antennas or other antennas. A millimeter wave transceiver may use the antennas to transmit and receive wireless signals. The antennas may be mounted at the corners of an electronic device housing or elsewhere in an electronic device. An electronic device housing may be formed from metal and may have an opening filled with dielectric. The antennas may be aligned with portions of the dielectric. Printed circuit board antennas may have reflectors, radiators, and directors. The reflectors, radiators, and directors may be arranged to align radiation patterns for the antennas with the plastic-filled slots or other dielectric regions in the metal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Basim Noori, Ming-Ju Tsai, Boon Wai Shiu, Matthew A. Mow, Yuehui Ouyang, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero
  • Publication number: 20170309991
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be formed from printed circuit board Yagi antennas or other antennas. A millimeter wave transceiver may use the antennas to transmit and receive wireless signals. The antennas may be mounted at the corners of an electronic device housing or elsewhere in an electronic device. An electronic device housing may be formed from metal and may have an opening filled with dielectric. The antennas may be aligned with portions of the dielectric. Printed circuit board antennas may have reflectors, radiators, and directors. The reflectors, radiators, and directors may be arranged to align radiation patterns for the antennas with the plastic-filled slots or other dielectric regions in the metal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Basim Noori, Ming-Ju Tsai, Boon Wai Shiu, Matthew A. Mow, Yuehui Ouyang, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero
  • Patent number: 8971821
    Abstract: A test system may include a wireless test chamber with metal walls lined with pyramidal absorbers. A trapdoor may be provided in a wall opening to accommodate a robotic arm. The robotic arm may have grippers that grip a device under test or a support structure that is supporting a device under test. The robotic arm may move the device under test to a docking station for automatic battery charging during testing. When it is desired to perform wireless tests on a device under test, the robotic arm may move the device under test through the trapdoor into an interior portion of the test chamber. A turntable and movable test antenna may be used to rotate the device under test while varying angular orientations between test antenna and device under test. Emitted radiation levels can be measured using a liquid filled phantom and test probe on a robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Schlub, Boon Wai Shiu, Chun-Lung Chen, Jonathan M. Haylock, Hagan P. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20140141726
    Abstract: A test system may include a wireless test chamber with metal walls lined with pyramidal absorbers. A trapdoor may be provided in a wall opening to accommodate a robotic arm. The robotic arm may have grippers that grip a device under test or a support structure that is supporting a device under test. The robotic arm may move the device under test to a docking station for automatic battery charging during testing. When it is desired to perform wireless tests on a device under test, the robotic arm may move the device under test through the trapdoor into an interior portion of the test chamber. A turntable and movable test antenna may be used to rotate the device under test while varying angular orientations between test antenna and device under test. Emitted radiation levels can be measured using a liquid filled phantom and test probe on a robotic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Schlub, Boon Wai Shiu, Chun-Lung Chen, Jonathan M. Haylock, Hagan P. O'Conner
  • Publication number: 20020061695
    Abstract: This invention provides a toy vehicle incorporating actuators made from a shape memory alloy material. These actuators may be in the form of a spring, wire or similar form that has a mechanical response upon the application or removal of heat. In particular, wires may be connected about hinges for doors, hoods, convertible roofs and other such items which, upon the application of heat to the wire of shape memory ally, causes contraction of the wire and rotation about the hinged joint of the body part. As such shape memory ally actuators are generally only operable in a single direction, they may be provided in pairs or in opposition to another biasing means to cause the opposed rotation about the joint when desired. The preferred source of heat to the shape memory alloy actuators is through the provision of electrical energy to the wire to create heat through the resistance of the shape memory alloy actuator itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 1999
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Li-Min Zhou, Boon-Wai Shiu, Andrew Meng-Cheung Young
  • Patent number: 6390878
    Abstract: This invention provides a toy vehicle incorporating actuators made from a shape memory alloy material. These actuators may be in the form of a spring, wire or similar form that has a mechanical response upon the application or removal of heat. In particular, wires may be connected about hinges for doors, hoods, convertible roofs and other such items which, upon the application of heat to the wire of shape memory alloy, causes contraction of the wire and rotation about the hinged joint of the body part. As such shape memory alloy actuators are generally only operably in a single direction, they may be provided in pairs or in opposition to another biasing means to cause the opposed rotation about the joint when desired. The preferred source of heat to the shape memory alloy actuators is through the provision of electrical energy to the wire to create heat through the resistance of the shape memory alloy actuator itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Li-Min Zhou, Boon-Wai Shiu, Andrew Meng-Cheung Young