Patents by Inventor Meng Liu

Meng 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: 20220021304
    Abstract: A bidirectional charging and discharging circuit is coupled between a voltage source and a capacitive load and configured to drive the capacitive load. The bidirectional charging and discharging circuit includes a first switch, comprising a first terminal coupled to the voltage source; a second switch, comprising a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first switch, and a second terminal coupled to a ground; an inductor, comprising a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch and the first terminal of the second switch; a third switch, comprising a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal coupled to a first terminal of the capacitive load; and a fourth switch, comprising a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the inductor and the first terminal of the third switch, and a second terminal coupled to a ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Meng Liu, Jemm Yue Liang
  • Publication number: 20220014143
    Abstract: A water guiding assembly configured to drain water or discharge other liquid or solid substances for a photovoltaic assembly is provided. The water guiding assembly includes a water guider and a mounting component. The water guider includes a water guiding portion, the water guiding portion has a fitting portion configured to abut against a frame of the photovoltaic assembly, to provide a gap between the water guiding portion and the frame to form a guiding channel. The mounting component includes a fixing portion and a connecting portion, an end of the connecting portion is detachably connected to the water guider, and another end of the connecting portion is connected to the fixing portion to form a clamping opening with the water guider and the fixing portion, which is configured to clamp the frame. The connecting portion is provided with a discharge channel butted with the guiding channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sungrow Renewables Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kepeng Ji, Erbin Li, Juan Chen, Yanna Huang, Meng Liu
  • Publication number: 20220014145
    Abstract: A water guider and a photovoltaic module are provided. The water guider includes a water guiding portion and a water discharge portion. The water guiding portion is provided with a first position limiting portion configured to abut against a frame of the photovoltaic assembly, so that a first gap is formed between the water guiding portion and the frame, to form a water guiding channel. The water discharge portion is provided at an angle with respect to the water guiding portion, a second gap is provided between the water discharge portion and the frame, to form a water discharge channel. The water discharge channel is in communication with the water guiding channel. The water guider employs the capillary principle to effectively discharge water or dust accumulated on the glass layer located at an inner side of the frame out of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sungrow Renewables Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kepeng Ji, Erbin Li, Juan Chen, Yanna Huang, Meng Liu
  • Patent number: 11139601
    Abstract: A first connector and a second connector are provided. The first connector includes an insulated body, first terminals, and fastening members. The first terminals and the fastening members are on the insulated body. The second connector includes an insulated base, second terminals, and positioning members. The second terminals and the positioning members are on the insulated base. The fastening members and the positioning members are enclosing structures covering the insulated body of the first connector and the insulated base of the second connector, respectively. The fastening members and the positioning members provide multi-point contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 11133616
    Abstract: A first connector and a second connector are provided. The first connector includes an insulated body, first terminals, and fastening members. The first terminals and the fastening members are on the insulated body. The second connector includes an insulated base, second terminals, and positioning members. The fastening member has a first side plate and a second side plate formed as a stair structure for protecting the insulated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Publication number: 20210288429
    Abstract: A terminal module includes: a conductive terminal to be contacted and cooperated with a mating terminal, the conductive terminal including a base and a mating end at a front of the base, the mating end including a contact portion to be contacted and cooperated with the mating terminal and a front end portion at a front end of the contact portion; and a plastic part, wherein the plastic part is arranged at the front end portion so that a gap between the contact portion of the conductive terminal and the mating terminal is less than 0.1 mm after cooperated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: SHIH-WEI HSIAO, YU-SAN HSIAO, YEN-CHIH CHANG, MENG LIU, JHIH-YAO JIANG
  • Patent number: 11088497
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor coaxially arranged with each other with an insulator therebetween. The outer conductor includes a base and a plurality of arc protrusions formed on a rear face of the base and coaxially sharing the same circle center. The protrusions are optimally located around a peripheral region of the circle defined by the cross-section of the cylindrical contour. A metallic box includes a top wall, opposite front and rear walls and opposite two side walls. The front wall forms a plurality of arc holes coaxially arranged with regard to a common center so as to snugly receive the corresponding arc protrusions of the outer conductor, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hsiao, Yu-San Hsiao, Yen-Chih Chang, Wei-Chou Lin, Na Yang, Meng Liu, Xiao-Li Liu, Wei-Hua Zhang, Tao Shen, Zhan-Sheng Meng, Yu-Ke Chen
  • Patent number: 11081841
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a space. A connection module is received within the space. The connection module includes a pair of contact modules commonly sandwiching a grounding module therebetween in the transverse direction. Each contact module includes a plurality of contacts integrally formed within the corresponding insulative wafer via insert-molding. The grounding module includes a grounding plate embedded within an insulative wafer. The grounding plate forms a plurality of fingers respectively electrically and mechanically connecting to the corresponding grounding contacts of the contact modules. The wafer forms a plurality of transverse grooves to receive corresponding grounding bars each having a plurality of inward parts respectively mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding plate, and a plurality of outward parts respectively mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding contacts of the contact modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hsiao, Yu-San Hsiao, Yen-Chih Chang, Wei-Chou Lin, Yu-Ke Chen, Meng Liu, Na Yang, Xiao-Li Liu
  • Publication number: 20210210907
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative elongated housing, and a plurality of contacts retained to the housing. The housing includes a base extending along the longitudinal direction and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each contact includes a contacting/mating section exposed upon the mating tongue. The contacts include a plurality of differential-pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along the longitudinal direction. Each differential-pair signal contact is associated with a metallic wiping piece in front with a tiny gap so as to have the distance between the rear end of the contacting section and the front edge of the wiping piece is still equal to 3.9 mm which is regulated by the industry standard specification as a full length of the contacting section of the traditional contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: MENG LIU, NA YANG, YEN-CHIH CHANG, YU-SAN HSIAO, SHIH-WEI HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20210203107
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing; plural terminals held on the housing, the terminals being arranged in the form of terminal pairs for transmitting differential signals; plural first shielding sheets shielding the terminals; and plural second shielding sheets shielding the terminals, the second shielding sheet being arranged to cross the first shielding sheets to form plural shielding cavities separated from each other, the terminal pairs being distributed in corresponding shielding cavities, wherein one first shielding sheet is provided between each terminal pair and an laterally adjacent terminal pair and two second shielding sheets are provided between each terminal pair and a longitudinally adjacent terminal pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: MENG LIU, SHIH-WEI HSIAO, YU-SAN HSIAO, YEN-CHIH CHANG, JHIH-YAO JIANG, YU-KE CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210203105
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing; and plural terminals held in the insulating housing and arranged in terminal pairs, each of the terminals including: a holding portion held in the insulating housing; a cantilever extending forward from the holding portion, a slot being provided on the cantilever; a contact portion at a front of the cantilever; and a mounting portion for mounting on a circuit board; wherein the slot extends to the contact portion; and in each terminal pair, a first distance from a center of the contact portion of one terminal thereof to a center of the contact portion of the other terminal thereof is less than a second distance from a center of the mounting portion of one terminal thereof to a center of the mounting portion of the other terminal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: MENG LIU, SHIH-WEI HSIAO, YU-SAN HSIAO, YEN-CHIH CHANG, YU-KE CHEN, JHIH-YAO JIANG
  • Publication number: 20210203108
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing; plural terminals held on the insulating housing, the terminals are arranged in terminal pairs for transmitting differential signals; and plural shielding sheets held on the insulating housing, each of the shielding sheets includes: at least two walls shielding the terminal pair in at least two directions, and plural elastic pieces extending from the at least two walls in order to cooperate with a mating connector; wherein the elastic pieces of each shielding sheet include an inner elastic piece protruding toward an associated terminal pair and an outer elastic piece protruding away from the associated terminals pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: MENG LIU, SHIH-WEI HSIAO, YU-SAN HSIAO, YEN-CHIH CHANG, YU-KE CHEN, JHIH-YAO JIANG
  • Publication number: 20210203106
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: plural terminal modules stacked laterally, each of the terminal modules including an insulating body, plural pairs of signal terminals held by the insulating body, plural ground terminals held by the insulating body, and a first ground plate and a second ground plate located on opposite sides of the insulating body, wherein: in each terminal module, the ground terminals and the pairs of signal terminals are alternately arranged in a vertical direction, each pair of signal terminals are arranged in a first plane, each ground terminal is arranged in a second plane intersecting the first plane, the first ground plate, the second ground plate, and the ground terminals shield each pair of signal terminals circumferentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO.,LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: SHIH-WEI HSIAO, YU-SAN HSIAO, YEN-CHIH CHANG, MENG LIU, ZHAN-SHENG MENG
  • Patent number: D931848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chunchun Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Meng Liu
  • Patent number: D936606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: D936607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: D936608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: D936609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: D937220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: D937221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing-Zhe Wang