Patents by Inventor Sherry Xu
Sherry Xu 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).
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Patent number: 12007186Abstract: A trigger lock for a trigger of a firearm, components thereof, and associated methods. The trigger lock comprises a first guard including a bolt having a catch. The trigger lock includes a second guard comprising a bolt receiver configured to receive the bolt to connect the first and second guards with the trigger between the first and second guards for obstructing access to the trigger. The bolt receiver includes a keeper arranged to engage the catch when the bolt is in the bolt receiver to maintain the first and second guards connected to each other. The second guard includes a shield overlying the bolt receiver and configured to obstruct cutting of the bolt receiver to disengage the keeper from the at least one catch.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: AOB Products CompanyInventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Sherry Xu, Brian Steere
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Publication number: 20240079786Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures, a first antenna, and a second antenna. A gap may divide the housing structures into a first segment forming an arm of the first antenna and a second segment forming an arm of the second antenna. A first feed terminal may be coupled to the first segment and a second feed terminal may be coupled to the second segment. Switchable components may be coupled in parallel between the first and second feed terminals across the gap. The switchable components may be adjusted to tune the frequency response of the first and/or second antenna. The switchable components may have a first state in which only the first feed terminal feeds the first antenna and may have a second state in which both the first and second feed terminals feed the first antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Han Wang, Aobo Li, Victor C Lee, Yuancheng Xu, Ahmed Ali Abdelhaliem Nafe, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Yiren Wang, Yuan Tao, Christopher Q Ma, Zhiheng Zhou, Sherry Cao, Dale T Morgan, Timothy L Stickles, Hao Xu, Hongfei Hu, Mattia Pascolini
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Publication number: 20240079784Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element and a light source module mounted to a flexible printed circuit and a metal cowling. The module may emit light through a rear housing wall. The printed circuit may be interposed between the metal cowling and a conductive support plate in the rear housing wall. The printed circuit may include a ground trace coupled to the resonating element. A dimpled pad may couple the ground trace to the support plate. Compressive foam may be used to exert a force against the flexible printed circuit that presses the dimpled pad against the conductive support plate. The ground trace and the dimpled pad may form a return path to ground for the resonating element. The dimpled pad may occupy less height within the device than other structures such as metal springs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Han Wang, Victor C. Lee, Jingni Zhong, Ming Chen, Bhaskara R. Rupakula, Yiren Wang, Yuan Tao, Christopher Q. Ma, Zhiheng Zhou, Sherry Cao, Kevin M. Froese, Hao Xu, Hongfei Hu, Mattia Pascolini
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Publication number: 20210325135Abstract: A trigger lock for a trigger of a firearm, components thereof, and associated methods. The trigger lock comprises a first guard including a bolt having a catch. The trigger lock includes a second guard comprising a bolt receiver configured to receive the bolt to connect the first and second guards with the trigger between the first and second guards for obstructing access to the trigger. The bolt receiver includes a keeper arranged to engage the catch when the bolt is in the bolt receiver to maintain the first and second guards connected to each other. The second guard includes a shield overlying the bolt receiver and configured to obstruct cutting of the bolt receiver to disengage the keeper from the at least one catch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Sherry Xu, Brian Steere
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Patent number: 9135017Abstract: A shader unit is configured to provide an increased and dynamically changeable amount of ALU processing bandwidth. The shader unit includes a plurality of ALUs for processing pixel data according to a shader program. Each of the ALUs is configurable to be enabled and disabled. When disabled, the ALU is powered off, thereby reducing the power consumption of the shader unit. In one embodiment, the plurality of ALUs are logically configured into groups called ALU-pipes, each of which can be enabled and disabled. When an ALU-pipe is disabled, each ALU associated with the disabled ALU-pipe is disabled. The shader unit includes a sequencer that executes the shader program, determines the number of ALUs to be enabled, receives an input data stream of pixel data, assigns groups of pixel data to each enabled ALU, sends the assigned pixel data to their respective ALUs, and sends ALU instructions to the ALUs to process the received pixel data according to the shader program.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: ATI Technologies ULC, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Elaine Poon, Xiaoling (Sherry) Xu
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Patent number: 8268728Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method of forming a high efficiency solar cell device by preparing a surface and/or forming at least a part of a high quality passivation layer on a silicon containing substrate. Embodiments of the present invention may be especially useful for preparing a surface of a p-type doped region formed on a silicon substrate so that a high quality passivation layer can be formed thereon. In one embodiment, the methods include exposing a surface of the solar cell substrate to a plasma to clean and modify the physical, chemical and/or electrical characteristics of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Stewart, Lisong Zhou, Jen Shu, Li (Sherry) Xu
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Publication number: 20110287577Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method of forming a high efficiency solar cell device by preparing a surface and/or forming at least a part of a high quality passivation layer on a silicon containing substrate. Embodiments of the present invention may be especially useful for preparing a surface of a p-type doped region formed on a silicon substrate so that a high quality passivation layer can be formed thereon. In one embodiment, the methods include exposing a surface of the solar cell substrate to a plasma to clean and modify the physical, chemical and/or electrical characteristics of the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. STEWART, Lisong Zhou, Jen Shu, Li (Sherry) Xu
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Patent number: 8008208Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method of forming a high efficiency solar cell device by preparing a surface and/or forming at least a part of a high quality passivation layer on a silicon containing substrate. Embodiments of the present invention may be especially useful for preparing a surface of a p-type doped region formed on a silicon substrate so that a high quality passivation layer can be formed thereon. In one embodiment, the methods include exposing a surface of the solar cell substrate to a plasma to clean and modify the physical, chemical and/or electrical characteristics of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Stewart, Lisong Zhou, Jen Shu, Li (Sherry) Xu
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Publication number: 20110136286Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method of forming a high efficiency solar cell device by preparing a surface and/or forming at least a part of a high quality passivation layer on a silicon containing substrate. Embodiments of the present invention may be especially useful for preparing a surface of a p-type doped region formed on a silicon substrate so that a high quality passivation layer can be formed thereon. In one embodiment, the methods include exposing a surface of the solar cell substrate to a plasma to clean and modify the physical, chemical and/or electrical characteristics of the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Stewart, Lisong Zhou, Jen Shu, Li (Sherry) Xu
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Publication number: 20080189524Abstract: A shader unit is configured to provide an increased and dynamically changeable amount of ALU processing bandwidth. The shader unit includes a plurality of ALUs for processing pixel data according to a shader program. Each of the ALUs is configurable to be enabled and disabled. When disabled, the ALU is powered off, thereby reducing the power consumption of the shader unit. In one embodiment, the plurality of ALUs are logically configured into groups called ALU-pipes, each of which can be enabled and disabled. When an ALU-pipe is disabled, each ALU associated with the disabled ALU-pipe is disabled. The shader unit includes a sequencer that executes the shader program, determines the number of ALUs to be enabled, receives an input data stream of pixel data, assigns groups of pixel data to each enabled ALU, sends the assigned pixel data to their respective ALUs, and sends ALU instructions to the ALUs to process the received pixel data according to the shader program.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Elaine Poon, Xiaoling Sherry Xu