Patents by Inventor Guanliang Liu

Guanliang 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: 20240006919
    Abstract: A rectifier apparatus for a wireless inductive charging system includes a first PCB having a metal layer, a dielectric layer provided on a surface of the metal layer, and a circuit layer provided on an opposite surface of the dielectric layer relative to the metal layer, the circuit layer including copper traces and circuit components, the circuit components including a capacitor array. The apparatus includes a second PCB having a non-metallic substrate and a plurality of inductors formed in the non-metallic substrate, each inductor comprised of a magnetic core and metallic windings, where the plurality of inductors are electrically coupled forming an inductor array. The circuit layer of the first PCB and the inductor array of the second PCB are electrically coupled to form a rectifier circuit to provide DC power. The circuit layer and the inductor array can be electrically coupled via aligned contact pads on each PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Regents of the University of Michigan, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yanghe Liu, Guanliang Liu, Mengqi Wang, Feng Zhou, Hiroshi Ukegawa