Patents by Inventor Norman Lu

Norman Lu 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: 20210394634
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, an energy transfer request from a charging station, determining, by the server, a current priority level of the at least one transport within an accessible range of the charging station, and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending an instruction to the at least one transport to transfer energy to the charging station based on the energy transfer request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210394639
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a first amount of energy required by a transport for a full charge, determining, by the charging station, a second amount of energy that the transport will provide back to the charging station at a later time, and charging, by the charging station, the transport to a charge level equal to a difference between the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11180048
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport, of a minimum amount of energy on a target transport, based on an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, provide a needed service, and an estimated expended energy by the originating transport to return to an original location, and retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, of the minimum amount of energy on the target transport, based on a factor related to providing the service, wherein the factor is greater than the expended energy and the estimated expended energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210347276
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport, determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery, generating a request that identifies the value of charge power in a first field and identifies a power source in a second field from among a plurality of available power sources to source the charge power for the rechargeable battery, and transmitting the request from the transport to a computing system via the established communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210323432
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing to a charging station a distance desired to be driven by a transport and determining, by the charging station, an amount of energy to retrieve from the transport such that a residual amount of energy in the transport is equivalent to the distance desired to be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210323420
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing a first wireless connection between a first transport in motion and a second transport in motion, receiving an energy transfer request over the first wireless connection from the first transport to the second transport, establishing a second wireless connection from an energy interface on the second transport to an energy interface on the first transport, and transferring an amount of energy via the second wireless connection based on the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210323433
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of initiating, by a transport, a request to provide a first portion of stored energy to a charging station, determining, by the charging station, an actual amount of energy needed by the transport, wherein the determining is based on a first destination of the transport and on data received by the charging station based on a route associated with the first destination, wherein the actual amount of energy is not the same amount as the first portion of stored energy, and depositing, by the transport, the actual amount of energy in the charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210291691
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, via a transport, a state of charge of a storage unit of the transport, determining, via the transport, an environment at a location, determining, via the transport, a status of a charging station at the location including at least one of a location energy cost and a location power level and providing, via the transport, a needed amount of energy to the charging station at the location based on the status of the charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210291671
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of maneuvering, by a Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU), to a transport that is stationary for an amount of time, that is not currently being charged, that is at a distance between the transport and the MESU and that is within a timeframe for the MESU to reach the transport, and retrieving, by MESU, a minimum amount of energy from the transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210296939
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of wirelessly notifying, via a charging station, at least one transport of a group of identified transports of a needed amount of energy stored in the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport being connected to the charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210291680
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport at a first location, that the transport is not in use, determining, by the transport, a second location to transfer energy stored in the transport, maneuvering, by the transport, to the second location, discharging, by the transport, the stored energy to the second location, and maneuvering, by the transport, to the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Publication number: 20210291690
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an estimated arrival time of a first transport to a charging station, determining an estimated remaining stored transport energy at the estimated arrival time of the first transport, notifying the first transport to provide a portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy and when a next transport is delayed to the charging station, notifying the first transport to provide an additional portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy based on the delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 8535574
    Abstract: This invention provides a transition metal complex of formula MXY2Z and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein M is selected from iron, ruthenium, and osmium; X represents a ligand shown in formula (II) wherein R1 and R1? are independently selected from COOH, PO3H2, PO4H2, SO3H2, SO4H2, and derivatives thereof; Y is selected from H2O, Cl, Br, CN, NCO, NCS, and NCSe; Z represents a bidentate ligand having at least two fluorinated chains. In addition, this invention also provides photovoltaic cells and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Jia-Sheng Shing, Wen-Han Tu
  • Publication number: 20120184748
    Abstract: A compound is useful as a recyclable catalyst for esterification or acylation of alcohols and consists of saccharine and a compound comprising a pyridine moiety. In addition, also a method of preparing the compound and an ester synthesis method using the compound are introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: NORMAN LU, WEN-HAN TU, CHIEH-KENG LI
  • Publication number: 20110253216
    Abstract: This invention provides a transition metal complex of formula MXY2Z and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein M is selected from iron, ruthenium, and osmium; X represents a ligand shown in formula (II) wherein R1 and R1? are independently selected from COOH, PO3H2, PO4H2, SO3H2, SO4H2, and derivatives thereof; Y is selected from H2O, Cl, Br, CN, NCO, NCS, and NCSe; Z represents a bidentate ligand having at least two fluorinated chains. In addition, this invention also provides photovoltaic cells and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Jia-Sheng Shing, Wen-Han Tu
  • Publication number: 20090111957
    Abstract: The present invention also relates a metal complex complexing with the fluoro-ponytailed bipyridine derivatives, which is represented by the general formula (2): and each Rf is the same or different and represents a fluoro-alkyl group having from 3 to 11 carbon atoms, preferably a perfluoro-alkyl group having from 9 to 11 carbon atoms; X? represents a halogenide such as fluoride, bromide, chloride, or iodide; and M represents a metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, Cr, Re, Ru, Fe, Rh, Ni, Pd, and Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Tsung-Chi Chen