Patents by Inventor Thomas Liu

Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 11451151
    Abstract: A hybrid dual-phase step-up power conversion system includes a first leg including a first switch, a second switch and a third switch connected in series between an output terminal of the hybrid dual-phase step-up power conversion system and ground, a second leg including a fourth switch, a fifth switch and a sixth switch connected in series between the output terminal of the hybrid dual-phase step-up power conversion system and ground, and a first capacitor and a second capacitor cross-coupled between the first leg and the second leg, wherein switches of the first leg and switches of the second leg are configured such that a sum of a voltage across the first capacitor and a voltage across the second capacitor is fed into the output terminal of the hybrid dual-phase step-up power conversion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Halo Microelectronics International
    Inventor: Thomas Liu
  • Publication number: 20220067748
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing extracted data from different data sources to classify the data as an intent, a concern, and an insight for a client using an intent/concern engine. The system has a handler to route the data to a client domain, a financial product domain, a client insight domain and a client concern domain in some embodiments. The system can determine action or task recommendation based on the intent, concern, and insight for the client using a business rule system, and transmits the action or task recommendation to an advisor interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel SHEIKH, Laiba MUSTAFA, Thomas LIU, Sophia YANG, Manish K Shah, Leah Khodak, Lev Kuznetsov
  • Patent number: 11060324
    Abstract: A bag lock and its unlocking method, a first limiting slot is provided at a lock hook. The lock body comprises a lock bolt assembly and a rotating block, the rotating block has a locked state and an unlocked state; when the rotating block is in the unlocked state, the torsion spring provides a twisting force to disengage the first limiting slot from the lock bolt assembly, so that one end of the lock hook opposite to the torsion spring is unlocked from the lock hole to unlock the bag lock; when the rotating block is in the locked state, the rotating block limits a position of the lock bolt assembly so that the lock bolt assembly is kept to be locked inside the first limiting slot, thereby the end of the lock hook opposite to the torsion spring is fixed in the lock hole to lock the bag lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN QINGXI KWONG WAH LOCK MFY. CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Patent number: 11028618
    Abstract: An electronic padlock comprising a lock body, a locking hook moveably connected to the lock body, and an unlocking assembly, a locking mechanism, and a mechanical unlocking system and an electronic unlocking system which are provided in the lock body. One end of the mechanical unlocking system and one end of the electronic unlocking system are movably connected to the unlocking assembly to drive the unlocking assembly to perform position conversion between a first position and a second position, respectively; a locking mechanism is defined at the unlocking assembly, when the unlocking assembly is in the first position, the locking mechanism limits a position of the locking hook, the electronic padlock is in a locked state; when the unlocking assembly is in the second position, the locking mechanism is disengaged inwardly from the locking hook so that the locking hook can be pulled out to unlock the electronic padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN QINGXI KWONG WAH LOCK MFY. CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Publication number: 20210156172
    Abstract: An electronic padlock comprising a lock body, a locking hook moveably connected to the lock body, and an unlocking assembly, a locking mechanism, and a mechanical unlocking system and an electronic unlocking system which are provided in the lock body. One end of the mechanical unlocking system and one end of the electronic unlocking system are movably connected to the unlocking assembly to drive the unlocking assembly to perform position conversion between a first position and a second position, respectively; a locking mechanism is defined at the unlocking assembly, when the unlocking assembly is in the first position, the locking mechanism limits a position of the locking hook, the electronic padlock is in a locked state; when the unlocking assembly is in the second position, the locking mechanism is disengaged inwardly from the locking hook so that the locking hook can be pulled out to unlock the electronic padlock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Publication number: 20200347646
    Abstract: A bag lock and its unlocking method, a first limiting slot is provided at a lock hook. The lock body comprises a lock bolt assembly and a rotating block, the rotating block has a locked state and an unlocked state; when the rotating block is in the unlocked state, the torsion spring provides a twisting force to disengage the first limiting slot from the lock bolt assembly, so that one end of the lock hook opposite to the torsion spring is unlocked from the lock hole to unlock the bag lock; when the rotating block is in the locked state, the rotating block limits a position of the lock bolt assembly so that the lock bolt assembly is kept to be locked inside the first limiting slot, thereby the end of the lock hook opposite to the torsion spring is fixed in the lock hole to lock the bag lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Patent number: 10490972
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a laser emitter such as a diode bar is cooled during operation via jets of cooling fluid formed by ports in a cooler on which the laser emitter is positioned. The jets strike an impingement surface of the cooler that is thermally coupled to the laser emitter but prevents direct contact between the cooling fluid and the laser emitter itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Lochman, Thomas Liu, Matthew Sauter, Bien Chann, Robin Huang, Parviz Tayebati, Michael Deutsch
  • Patent number: 10367251
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for radiating RF transmissions outside of a portable electronic device with a conductive case. In an embodiment, this solution includes a conductive enclosure, a circuit board within the conductive enclosure, at least one non-conductive gap between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure, and a radio frequency (RF) connection between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure. The combination of enclosure and gaps can excite certain radiation modes at high frequency bands, such as a cavity-backed lambda-long slot radiation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Huan-Sheng Hwang, Thomas Liu, Aycan Erentok
  • Publication number: 20170365978
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a laser emitter such as a diode bar is cooled during operation via jets of cooling fluid formed by ports in a cooler on which the laser emitter is positioned. The jets strike an impingement surface of the cooler that is thermally coupled to the laser emitter but prevents direct contact between the cooling fluid and the laser emitter itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Bryan LOCHMAN, Thomas LIU, Matthew SAUTER, Bien CHANN, Robin HUANG, Parviz TAYEBATI, Michael DEUTSCH
  • Patent number: 9716776
    Abstract: A physical keyboard and a network access method are provided. The physical keyboard is provided with a card slot, and after a wireless network card is inserted into the card slot, the physical keyboard is connected to a wireless network by the wireless network card so that the mobile terminal can achieve network access through the wireless network connected to the physical keyboard while the key-in data input of the mobile terminal is accomplished. The physical keyboard of the present disclosure not only has the key-in data input function but also can achieve the network access by means of the wireless network card. Moreover, the network connected to the wireless network card may be converted into the WLANs such as a Wi-Fi network by the physical keyboard 10 to provide access points for other terminals, and this improves the using experience and meanwhile saves the consumption cost of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuk tung Thomas Liu, Vittorio Di Mauro, Jizhong Li, Chunguang Ma, Wei Ma
  • Publication number: 20170187096
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for radiating RF transmissions outside of a portable electronic device with a conductive case. In an embodiment, this solution includes a conductive enclosure, a circuit board within the conductive enclosure, at least one non-conductive gap between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure, and a radio frequency (RF) connection between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure. The combination of enclosure and gaps can excite certain radiation modes at high frequency bands, such as a cavity-backed lambda-long slot radiation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Huan-Sheng Hwang, Thomas Liu, Aycan Erentok
  • Publication number: 20160294993
    Abstract: A physical keyboard and a network access method are provided. The physical keyboard is provided with a card slot, and after a wireless network card is inserted into the card slot, the physical keyboard is connected to a wireless network by the wireless network card so that the mobile terminal can achieve network access through the wireless network connected to the physical keyboard while the key-in data input of the mobile terminal is accomplished. The physical keyboard of the present disclosure not only has the key-in data input function but also can achieve the network access by means of the wireless network card. Moreover, the network connected to the wireless network card may be converted into the WLANs such as a Wi-Fi network by the physical keyboard 10 to provide access points for other terminals, and this improves the using experience and meanwhile saves the consumption cost of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuk tung Thomas Liu, Vittorio Di Mauro, Jizhong Li, Chunguang Ma, Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 9118109
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an antenna structure for mobile devices are described. In one or more embodiments a multi-band antenna includes a grounded parasitic element. In some embodiments, a high band arm is provided, and is fed off-center, so that the resonating arms are not symmetrical in length. In some embodiments, a coupled ground resonator is included to add a differential resonating mode. A ground leg may be included to offer facilitate impedance and inductance matching. The combination of these structures creates four distinct resonance modes for the high band, which creases a wide effective bandwidth for the disclosed antenna. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Oh, Thomas Liu, Thorsten Hertel
  • Patent number: 9084554
    Abstract: Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for magnetic resonance imaging. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system comprises a scanner comprising a magnet, gradient coils and a radio frequency (RF) system to perform various operations. The scanner can apply a gradient field and a train of RF pulses comprising more than two phases to tag a target blood vessel, and acquire magnetic resonance signals based on the applied train of RF pulses to sample the more than two phases. The MRI system includes a data processing system in communication with the scanner to receive the acquired magnetic resonance signals and process the received magnetic resonance signal to generate images proportional to perfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Youngkyoo Jung, Eric C. Wong, Thomas Liu
  • Patent number: 8670800
    Abstract: A communication device having a removable baseband chipset includes a communication device main body, a socket disposed on the communication device main body, a baseband processing unit configured to temporarily assemble to the socket, and a digital signal processing component that is contained in the baseband processing unit and is operable to enable the communication device to communicate with a cellular network system. The communication device is operable to transmit and receive radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: TCT Mobile International Limited
    Inventors: Yuk Tung Thomas Liu, XueLong Ronald Hu, Stephen Sushen Chiang, Shiqing Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120322503
    Abstract: A communication device having a removable baseband chipset includes a communication device main body, a socket disposed on the communication device main body, a baseband processing unit configured to temporarily assemble to the socket, and a digital signal processing component that is contained in the baseband processing unit and is operable to enable the communication device to communicate with a cellular network system. The communication device is operable to transmit and receive radio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TCT MOBILE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuk Tung Thomas LIU, XueLong Ronald HU, Stephen Sushen CHIANG, Shiqing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20120169547
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an antenna structure for mobile devices are described. In one or more embodiments a multi-band antenna includes a multi-band antenna with a conductive cosmetic feature operating as a resonating element. In some embodiments, an antenna includes a folded monopole element, a loop element formed between a portion of the conductive cosmetic feature and the printed circuit board and an L-shaped slot antenna element defined in part by a side surface of the conductive cosmetic feature. In some embodiments the folded monopole element, the loop element, and the slot antenna element are capable of resonating in response to a signal applied to the folded monopole element. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: PALM, INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Oh, Thomas Liu, Thorsten Hertel, Joselito Gavilan
  • Patent number: D897819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN QINGXI KWONG WAH LOCK MFY. CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Patent number: D899892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN QINXI KWONG WAH LOCK MFY. CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu
  • Patent number: D899893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN QINGXI KWONG WAH LOCK MFY. CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Man Leung Thomas Liu