Patents by Inventor Vivian Wei Chow

Vivian Wei Chow 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors and other electronic devices
    Patent number: 6705524
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors, host electronics, and other electronic devices by only allowing intended electronic devices to mate with the connector for which it is intended and/or determining when an electronic device has been inserted into a connector upside down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vivian Wei Chow, George Craig Lysy
  • Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors and other electronic devices
    Patent number: 6461196
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors, host electronics, and other electronic devices by only allowing intended electronic devices to mate with the connector for which it is intended and/or determining when an electronic device has been inserted into a connector upside down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Arthur King Wilson, Vivian Wei Chow, George Craig Lysy
  • Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors and other electronic devices
    Publication number: 20010000764
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preventing damage to memory cards, memory card connectors, host electronics, and other electronic devices by only allowing intended electronic devices to mate with the connector for which it is intended and/or determining when an electronic device has been inserted into a connector upside down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: May 3, 2001
    Inventors: Vivian Wei Chow, George Craig Lysy