Patents by Inventor Qiling Yu

Qiling Yu 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).

  • Key fob battery fretting corrosion inhibitor
    Patent number: 10033050
    Abstract: Battery fretting or corrosion in a key fob is reduced or even eliminated by firmly holding the fob's battery against electrical contacts and holding the battery away from key fob components that are subject to deformation or deflection. Reduced battery movement relative to electrical contacts thus reduces or eliminates abrasion of the battery's electrically conductive surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Qiling Yu, Raymond Laprairie, Jennifer Carpino, John Burca
  • KEY FOB BATTERY FRETTING CORROSION INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20180083293
    Abstract: Battery fretting or corrosion in a key fob is reduced or even eliminated by firmly holding the fob's battery against electrical contacts and holding the battery away from key fob components that are subject to deformation or deflection. Reduced battery movement relative to electrical contacts thus reduces or eliminates abrasion of the battery's electrically conductive surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Qiling Yu, Raymond Laprairie, Jennifer Carpino, John Burca
  • Laser etched graphic for a decorative surface
    Patent number: 7857474
    Abstract: An example vehicle instrument panel includes a control panel having illuminated buttons formed with an illuminatable decorative surface. The disclosed decorative surface includes a translucent layer disposed between a background layer and a graphic layer. Material is removed from the background layer to reveal the underlying translucent and graphic layers. The depth within which material is removed is determined to fall within a thickness of the translucent layer such that any variation in depth is accommodated within the translucent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Selby, Vyacheslav B. Birman, Qiling Yu
  • LASER ETCHED GRAPHIC FOR A DECORATIVE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20090129050
    Abstract: A disclosed vehicle instrument panel includes a control panel having illuminated buttons formed with an illuminatable decorative surface. The disclosed decorative surface includes a translucent layer disposed between a background layer and a graphic layer. Material is removed from the background layer to reveal the underlying translucent and graphic layers. The depth within which material is removed is determined to fall within a thickness of the translucent layer such that any variation in depth is accommodated within the translucent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Selby, Vyacheslav B. Birman, Qiling Yu