Patents by Inventor Nicholas Liu

Nicholas 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: 20190257581
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for drying a cereal grass, such as alfalfa, barley, clover, rye grass, Timothy grass, and the stalks, stems, grains and leaves of a cereal grass, such as oats, wheat, buckwheat, maize, millet, rice and sorghum. The systems include a first pressing roll and a second pressing roll that form a nip through which the cereal grass or forage crop can be pressed, pressing the liquid out of the cereal grass or forage crop to form a first product stream comprising a dewatered cereal grass or forage crop and a second product stream comprising liquid pressed out of the cereal grass or forage crop; at least one suction device for collecting the second product stream; an atomizer for converting the second product stream into droplets that can be applied to the surface of the first product stream; a drying chamber; and a circulation system for moving a drying medium through the drying chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel X. Wray, Ericson C. CENICEROS, Reed Nicholas LIU, Olivia TANGUILEG, Seth THOMPSON, Benjamin WALLACE, Anthony ZUNINO
  • Publication number: 20180266172
    Abstract: Provided are door systems having a plurality of door panels and a frame, the door panels being movable between an extended position closing an opening in a building structure, and a folded retracted position. When in the extended position, the door panels interlock with each other forming a barrier to wind, dirt, dust and insects. The frame is movably attached to the building structure and when the door panels are in the extended position, the frame moves and engages the door panels with a sealing member to provide an airtight seal of the opening in the building structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel X. Wray, Ericson C. Ceniceros, Reed Nicholas Liu, Anthony Zunino, Olivia Tanguileg, Benjamin Wallace, Khalid M. Rumjahn, JR., Hunter A. Tyzbir
  • Publication number: 20180266169
    Abstract: Provided are door systems having a plurality of door panels and a frame, the door panels being movable horizontally between an extended position closing an opening in a building structure, and a folded retracted position opening the opening in the building structure. When in the extended position, the door panels interlock with each other forming a barrier to wind, dirt, dust and insects. The frame is movably attached to the building structure and when the door panels are in the extended position, the frame moves and engages the door panels with a sealing member to provide an airtight seal of the opening in the building structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel X. Wray, Ericson C. Ceniceros, Reed Nicholas Liu, Anthony Zunino, Olivia Tanguileg, Benjamin Wallace, Khalid M. Rumjahn, JR., Hunter A. Tyzbir
  • Patent number: 9627883
    Abstract: Antenna switching circuitry comprises a plurality of communication ports, an antenna port, a plurality of switches, and an ESD protection device. The plurality of switches are adapted to selectively couple one or more of the communication ports to the antenna port in order to transmit or receive a signal. The ESD protection device is coupled between one of the plurality of communication ports and ground, and is adapted to form a substantially low impedance path to ground during an ESD event. Upon the occurrence of an ESD event, a received electrostatic charge passes through one or more of the plurality of switches to the ESD protection device, where it is safely diverted to ground. By using only one ESD protection device, desensitization of the antenna switching circuitry due to the parasitic loading of the ESD protection device is avoided. Further, the area of the antenna switching circuitry is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Swaminathan Muthukrishnan, Cody Hale, Randy Naylor, Nicholas Liu
  • Patent number: 9605789
    Abstract: Provided are magneto-cryogenic valves, methods and systems that extract thermal energy from a fluid within a conduit such that the temperature of at least a portion of the fluid is reduced to a temperature below which at least a portion of the fluid becomes a solid thereby forming a frozen plug of fluid and magnetically susceptible particles that reversibly plugs the conduit, preventing flow of fluid past the plug. Also provided are methods and systems for temporarily preventing the flow of fluid in a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BIOFILM IP, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel X. Wray, Reed Nicholas Liu, Ericson C. Ceniceros
  • Publication number: 20150075632
    Abstract: Provided are magneto-cryogenic valves, methods and systems that extract thermal energy from a fluid within a conduit such that the temperature of at least a portion of the fluid is reduced to a temperature below which at least a portion of the fluid becomes a solid thereby forming a frozen plug of fluid and magnetically susceptible particles that reversibly plugs the conduit, preventing flow of fluid past the plug. Also provided are methods and systems for temporarily preventing the flow of fluid in a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel X. Wray, Reed Nicholas Liu, Ericson C. Ceniceros