Patents by Inventor Richard Lee

Richard Lee 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).

  • CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH INSERT-MOLDED LEAD-FRAME ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220329032
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable module including a first metallic strip integrally formed with an insulative bar via a first insert-molding process; and a second metallic strip integrally formed with the insulative bar via a second-molding process following the first insert-molding process. The second metallic strip includes plural pairs of contacts originally connected thereto via corresponding linking portions. The insulative bar forms a plurality of openings and the first metallic strip forms a plurality of corresponding punching openings respectively aligned with each other and further aligned with the corresponding linking portions, respectively, in a transverse direction so as to remove the corresponding linking portions after the second insert-molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, RICHARD LEE MALEHORN, II, HAOZHE ZI
  • CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED SHIELDING AND GROUNDING FEATURE
    Publication number: 20220329014
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes: a cable module including plural cables, a ground bar electrically connected to the cables, signal contacts electrically connected to the cables, and a shielding sheet shielding the signal contacts; a housing holding the cable module; and a pair of side plates coupled to the ground bar and the shielding sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: HAOZHE ZI, TERRANCE F. LITTLE, RICHARD LEE MALEHORN, II
  • Inrush current limiting power supply
    Patent number: 11469660
    Abstract: A system for providing power from an AC power supply to an external load. The system includes a current limiter circuit, connected to an input of a switched-mode power supply. The system includes the switched-mode power supply that provides a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The system includes a supervisor circuit that is connected to the first output of the switched-mode power supply and coupled to a relay control circuit. The supervisor circuit monitors the first voltage signal and enables the relay control circuit. The relay control circuit provides a first voltage corresponding to the first voltage signal to a first voltage rail and provides a second voltage corresponding to the second voltage signal to a second voltage rail. A relay powered by a connection to the first voltage rail or the second voltage rail connects the AC power supply to an external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr., Frank van Horck
  • INDEPENDENTLY-CONTROLLED PRINT HEAT SOURCES
    Publication number: 20220314644
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a print system is described. The print system includes a drive roller Print System and a heated transfer belt forming a nip with the drive roller. The heated transfer belt transmits thermal energy to print media passing through the nip. The print system also includes multiple independently-controlled heat sources disposed within the heated transfer belt to transfer thermal energy to the heated transfer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Lee Brinkly, Duane A. Koehler
  • Communication Resilience in a Network
    Publication number: 20220311694
    Abstract: Methods and systems for resilient network communication are provided. In one aspect, a network includes multiple edge network elements, core network elements, and off-network network elements. Each network element has multiple ports. Communication paths exist between edge network elements, traversing core network elements. A maintenance domain maintains communication resiliency in the network through maintenance domain entities that detect network communication faults. Maintenance domain entities are associated with ports of edge network elements. VLAN service provision to subscribers occurs over the network by mapping services to VLAN tags such that the service VLAN includes information about the resilient network. VLAN service assignment to maintenance domains is balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Lee Goodson, Darrin L. Gieger, Andrew T. Ruble, Brent Priddy
  • Control of heating elements for media conditioners
    Patent number: 11454907
    Abstract: In some examples, a media conditioner includes a conveying component to convey a sheet of printable media, a heating element to heat the conveying component, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the conveying component, a media sensor to detect the sheet of printable media, and a controller to provide a power level to the heating element. A temperature set-point is set to a pre-established value. Based on data from the temperature sensor, the controller is to maintain the temperature of the conveying component at the temperature set-point by varying the power level. The controller is to apply a boost to the power level based on a signal from the media sensor while the temperature set-point remains at the pre-established value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alan Shibata, Matthew Raisanen, Robert Yraceburu, Richard Lee Brinkly
  • Method and apparatus for supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services on single one-to-one sidelink communication link in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11457355
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE (User Equipment) to support multiple services on a one-to-one sidelink communication link between the first UE and a second UE. In one embodiment, the first UE initiates a first service. The first UE also establishes the one-to-one sidelink communication link for the first service. Furthermore, the first UE negotiates a security configuration with the second UE for encrypting or decrypting data from the first service. In addition, the first UE initiates a second service. The first UE also encrypts or decrypts data from the second service with the security configuration used by the first service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Method and apparatus for random access configuration in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11452144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is configured with multiple Bandwidth Parts (BWPs). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving information from a network node to associate a RACH (Random Access Channel) configuration with a BWP among the multiple BWPs. The method further includes that the UE performing a RACH transmission in the BWP using the RACH configuration associated with the BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Meng-Hui Ou, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo, Tun-Huai Shih
  • Solid state solar thermal energy collector
    Patent number: 11440814
    Abstract: A system for receiving, transferring, and storing solar thermal energy. The system includes a concentrating solar energy collector, a transfer conduit, a thermal storage material, and an insulated container. The insulated container contains the thermal storage material, and the transfer conduit is configured to transfer solar energy collected by the solar energy collector to the thermal storage material through a wall of the insulated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PLANET A ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Lee Johnson, Braden Eric Hines, Guido Hamacher, Russ Neff, Christian T. Gregory, John Terry Bailey
  • Method and apparatus for serving quality of service (QOS) flow in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11445557
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a network node. In one embodiment, the method includes the network node transmitting a first message with a DRB (Data Radio Bearer) configuration to a UE (User Equipment) for establishing a default DRB for a PDU (Packet Data Unit) session, wherein the DRB configuration includes a QFI (QoS Flow Id) configuration used to indicate whether a QFI field is present or not in uplink for the default DRB and the QFI configuration is always set to a value indicating the QFI field is present in uplink for the default DRB. The method further includes the network node establishing the default DRB with a presence of the QFI field in uplink. The method also includes the network node receiving a SDAP (Service Data Adaptation Protocol) PDU with the QFI field via the default DRB from the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Method and apparatus for implementing reference signal transmissions in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11431456
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing reference signal transmissions in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes the cell, transmission point (TP), or transmission and reception point (TRP) broadcasting a first RS periodically for measurement, wherein the first RS is transmitted at multiple occasions (or timings) in each period on different beams. The method also includes the cell, TP, or TRP transmitting a second RS to a UE for PDCCH demodulation, wherein the second RS is transmitted on multiple beams in a beam set of the UE in a subframe (or symbol) in which the PDCCH is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ko-Chiang Lin, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo, Yu-Hsuan Guo
  • Artistic representation of digital data
    Patent number: 11423595
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for generating a modified Cartesian representation of received data. In some aspects, a Cartesian graph may be transformed to form a modified Cartesian representation by connecting a first end and second end of the Cartesian graph. In further aspects, a pattern may be overlaid over the modified Cartesian representation to produce an artistic representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Gough, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin, Seth Benson, Curtis Flanagan, Richard Lee Marks
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ONE-TO-ONE SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220264677
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of an initiating UE (User Equipment) for establishing a one-to-one sidelink communication with a target UE. In one embodiment, the method includes transmitting a first PC5 signaling used for establishing the one-to-one sidelink communication, wherein the first PC5 signaling includes an identity of the target UE and an identity of a V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo, Li-Chih Tseng
  • CATCHER FOR DROPPED OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20220259946
    Abstract: A catcher for use in a wellbore includes a housing and an insert disposed within the housing. A method of using the catcher includes disintegrating at least a portion of the insert while the insert is held rotationally stationary with respect to the housing by a taper connection between the insert and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Lee GIROUX, Rohit JOSHI, Joshua Vernon SYMMS, Ryan BACSIK
  • Measurements using an ultra-wideband ranging pair
    Publication number: 20220244367
    Abstract: A method including associating an ultra-wide band (UWB) tag device with a UWB anchor device, capturing UWB range and angle data representing a plurality of locations in a physical space using a calibration technique, capturing UWB range and angle data representing a first location of the UWB tag device in relation to the UWB anchor device, capturing UWB range and angle data representing a second location of the UWB tag device in relation to the UWB anchor device, and determining a length based on the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, Richard Lee Marks
  • DISPENSING ASSEMBLY FOR APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20220243383
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a cartridge port. A dispensing device is coupled to the cabinet and extends into the cartridge port. A dispensing cartridge is selectively received by the cartridge port. The dispensing cartridge selectively engages the dispensing device when in an installed position within the cartridge port. The dispensing cartridge includes a nesting portion configured to house a first laundry chemistry. An insert portion is configured to house a second laundry chemistry. The nesting portion selectively receives the insert portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayer James Murphy, Christopher Aidan Hartnett, Tristan James VanFossen, Scott E. Carpenter, Joel Matthew Sells, Brent Michael Burgess, Richard Lee Hammond, Gregory Edward Bauman, Demetrius Schaaf
  • Methods and apparatus for automatic TV on/off detection
    Patent number: 11399174
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine a power state of a device. An example apparatus includes a chart generator to determine respective counts for a plurality of measurements during a calibration period, the measurements indicative of an amount of power drawn by the device, a calculator to determine a first threshold and a second threshold based on at least one of the counts, the first threshold determined using most frequently logged measurement values, the most frequently logged measurement values based on counts performed after expiration of the calibration period, and a comparator to compare a measurement to the first threshold and to the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jordan Liss, Richard Lee Horner, Charles Clinton Conklin, James Joseph Vitt
  • Method and apparatus for transmission or reception using beamforming in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11395266
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmission or reception using beamforming in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment provides information related to a combination of UE beams to a network node, wherein UE beams in the combination can be generated by the UE at the same time. The UE receives, from the network node, a scheduling information for a transmission or a reception. The UE generates one or more UE beams in the combination to perform the transmission or the reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsuan Guo, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo, Meng-Hui Ou
  • Systems and methods for fuzzy search without full text
    Patent number: 11386101
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for fuzzy-searches on encrypted messages include maintaining, in an indexer, a dictionary of words appearing in a message history. Upon receiving a query including at least one search term, a fuzzy search of the dictionary using the at least one search term is performed to determine one or more fuzzy-matching words in the dictionary, and one or more search tokens are generated from the one or more fuzzy-matching words, the one or more search tokens including encrypted versions of the one or more fuzzy-matching words. The one or more search tokens are provided to a search service for searching a database of encrypted messages of the message history, where the at least one search term may not have an exact match with any of the words in the dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Lee Barnes, II
  • Portable cane holder
    Patent number: D957806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Lee Matthews