Patents by Inventor Toby Xu

Toby 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).

  • Memory insertion machine
    Patent number: 11800695
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides, one or more profilometers, and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket, by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The insertion controller may be further configured to determine, based on information received from the one or more profilometers, a measured distance between a top of the memory module and a top of the memory socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Toby Xu, Edward Gallagher, John Zevenbergen
  • Magnetic cable adapters and connectors and methods of installing cables implementing same
    Patent number: 11616322
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter for a cable connector includes a main body having an opening, a compression surface exposed within the opening and configured to compress a biasing retention clip of the cable connector, at least one locking surface configured to secure the biasing retention clip in a second non-locking position; and at least one magnet adjacent the opening. When the biasing retention clip is positioned within the opening, the compression surface causes the biasing retention clip to move from a first locking position where the retention clip is in a fully biased position to the second non-locking position where the retention clip is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyang Zhang, Toby Xu, Frederick Patton Mondale
  • Magnetic Cable Adapters and Connectors and Methods of Installing Cables Implementing Same
    Publication number: 20210288438
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter for a cable connector includes a main body having an opening, a compression surface exposed within the opening and configured to compress a biasing retention clip of the cable connector, at least one locking surface configured to secure the biasing retention clip in a second non-locking position; and at least one magnet adjacent the opening. When the biasing retention clip is positioned within the opening, the compression surface causes the biasing retention clip to move from a first locking position where the retention clip is in a fully biased position to the second non-locking position where the retention clip is compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoyang Zhang, Toby Xu, Frederick Patton Mondale
  • Magnetic cable adapters and connectors and methods of installing cables implementing same
    Patent number: 11025002
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter for a cable connector includes a main body having an opening, a compression surface exposed within the opening and configured to compress a biasing retention clip of the cable connector, at least one locking surface configured to secure the biasing retention clip in a second non-locking position; and at least one magnet adjacent the opening. When the biasing retention clip is positioned within the opening, the compression surface causes the biasing retention clip to move from a first locking position where the retention clip is in a fully biased position to the second non-locking position where the retention clip is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyang Zhang, Toby Xu, Frederick Patton Mondale
  • MEMORY INSERTION MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210153400
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides, one or more profilometers, and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket, by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The insertion controller may be further configured to determine, based on information received from the one or more profilometers, a measured distance between a top of the memory module and a top of the memory socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Toby Xu, Edward Gallagher, John Zevenbergen
  • MAGNETIC CABLE ADAPTERS AND CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF INSTALLING CABLES IMPLEMENTING SAME
    Publication number: 20210143575
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter for a cable connector includes a main body having an opening, a compression surface exposed within the opening and configured to compress a biasing retention clip of the cable connector, at least one locking surface configured to secure the biasing retention clip in a second non-locking position; and at least one magnet adjacent the opening. When the biasing retention clip is positioned within the opening, the compression surface causes the biasing retention clip to move from a first locking position where the retention clip is in a fully biased position to the second non-locking position where the retention clip is compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoyang Zhang, Toby Xu, Frederick Patton Mondale