Patents by Inventor Liurui Li

Liurui Li 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: 20240297066
    Abstract: A method for securing a support ball in a substrate support, a tool for forming a capture lip in a substrate support, and a substrate support having a substrate support ball captured in an opening of the substrate support are provided. In one example, a method for securing a support ball in a substrate support includes pressing a support ball into an opening formed in a first surface of the substrate support which is configured to support a substrate in a vacuum processing chamber, forming a capture lip in the opening which protrudes into the opening a distance sufficient to retain the support ball in the opening support ball, and setting an exposure height that the support ball projects above the first surface the substrate support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Liurui LI, Songjae LEE
  • Patent number: 11769915
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting recyclable material from an object. The system has a station for receiving the object, a station that prepares the object's cover for removal, a station that removes the cover from the object, a station that positions the object with the cover removed for loading, and a station that has one or more extraction devices configured to engage the object and remove the recyclable material therefrom and has one or more collection areas for receiving the removed recyclable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Sturges, Zheng Li, Liurui Li, Tairan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200243922
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting recyclable material from an object. The system has a station for receiving the object, a station that prepares the object's cover for removal, a station that removes the cover from the object, a station that positions the object with the cover removed for loading, and a station that has one or more extraction devices configured to engage the object and remove the recyclable material therefrom and has one or more collection areas for receiving the removed recyclable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert H. Sturges, Zheng Li, Liurui Li, Tairan Yang