Patents by Inventor Wei Min Liang

Wei Min Liang 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: 11942993
    Abstract: An optical transmission device includes: a control module generate a control signal output which includes a slope adjust signal and a bias voltage offset adjust signal according to an input signal indicating a dispersion amount an electrical level adjust signal; a multi-level pulse amplitude modulator; and an asymmetrical optical modulator which is controlled by the slope adjust signal to be operated at one of a positive slope and a negative slope of a transfer function of the asymmetrical optical modulator itself, and is controlled by the bias voltage offset adjust signal of the control signal output to offset a bias voltage point of the asymmetrical optical modulator itself from a quadrature point of the transfer function, and modulates the multi-level pulse amplitude modulation signal to an optical signal to generate an optical modulate signal having a chirp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kuen-Ting Tsai, Wei-Hung Chen, Zuon-Min Chuang, Yao-Wen Liang
  • Patent number: 11564029
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter is directed to headset audio systems having resonance chambers designed to improve a system's frequency response in certain ranges. Systems of the inventive subject matter include a casing that both holds a speaker driver and creates two resonance chambers. Each resonance chamber vents to ambient air outside the casing, where the length and cross-sectional areas of each vent can impact the system's frequency response. Each resonance chamber is tuned to a resonant frequency to improve the system's frequency response across a range of frequencies on either side of each chamber's resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kai Lin Shen, Sheng Hung Wang, Penhao Ma, Wei-Min Liang
  • Patent number: 11557444
    Abstract: Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches, while in other embodiments, key switches of the inventive subject matter incorporate optical switching in place of membrane switching. Embodiments for use with membrane switching feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear. In optical switching embodiments, pressing the key switch causes an actuator, e.g., come between an optical emitter/receiver pair to register a key press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jian-Cheng Lai, Wei-Min Liang, Kuo Shou Yu
  • Patent number: 11528553
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter is directed to headset audio systems having resonance chambers designed to improve a system's frequency response in certain ranges. Systems of the inventive subject matter include a casing that both holds a speaker driver and creates two resonance chambers. Each resonance chamber vents to ambient air outside the casing, where the length and cross-sectional areas of each vent can impact the system's frequency response. Each resonance chamber is tuned to a resonant frequency to improve the system's frequency response across a range of frequencies on either side of each chamber's resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kai Lin Shen, Sheng Hung Wang, Penhao Ma, Wei-Min Liang
  • Publication number: 20220337931
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive subject matter described in this application are directed to headset audio systems that incorporate components designed to improve sound reproduction in certain ranges. For example, in some embodiments, an acoustic chamber and a venting portion are incorporated into an internal portion of a headset audio system such that the vent is configured to improve bass response. Different vent shapes and sizes can affect speaker performance. Moreover, in some embodiments, the acoustic chamber can additionally include a vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Wei-Min Liang, Wen Ning Chang
  • Publication number: 20220248117
    Abstract: This application discloses and describes a variety of systems, methods, and devices directed to headset audio systems having acoustic chambers. Acoustic chambers of the inventive subject matter can be implemented such that the backside of a speaker diaphragm projects sound waves into an acoustic chamber. Because acoustic chambers are formed to create fixed volumes of space, this minimizes impact of those sound waves projected from the back of a speaker diaphragm that could otherwise affect sound reproduction. This new inventive audio system actually differentiates from the way diaphragms are attached which conventional speaker driver assembly doesn't, to accomplish the invention the way fixing magnets and other parts for magnetic delivering are invented to eliminate or integrated, such as frame or bracket is cancelled, chambers now use to fix magnetic parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Wei-Min Liang
  • Patent number: 11373822
    Abstract: Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches. These embodiments feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jian-Cheng Lai, Wei-Min Liang, Kuo Shou Yu
  • Publication number: 20220014842
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter is directed to headset audio systems having resonance chambers designed to improve a system's frequency response in certain ranges. Systems of the inventive subject matter include a casing that both holds a speaker driver and creates two resonance chambers. Each resonance chamber vents to ambient air outside the casing, where the length and cross-sectional areas of each vent can impact the system's frequency response. Each resonance chamber is tuned to a resonant frequency to improve the system's frequency response across a range of frequencies on either side of each chamber's resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Lin Shen, Sheng Hung Wang, Penhao Ma, Wei-Min Liang
  • Publication number: 20220014840
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter is directed to headset audio systems having resonance chambers designed to improve a system's frequency response in certain ranges. Systems of the inventive subject matter include a casing that both holds a speaker driver and creates two resonance chambers. Each resonance chamber vents to ambient air outside the casing, where the length and cross-sectional areas of each vent can impact the system's frequency response. Each resonance chamber is tuned to a resonant frequency to improve the system's frequency response across a range of frequencies on either side of each chamber's resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Lin Shen, Sheng Hung Wang, Penhao Ma, Wei-Min Liang
  • Publication number: 20210383986
    Abstract: Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches, while in other embodiments, key switches of the inventive subject matter incorporate optical switching in place of membrane switching. Embodiments for use with membrane switching feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear. In optical switching embodiments, pressing the key switch causes an actuator, e.g., come between an optical emitter/receiver pair to register a key press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jian-Cheng Lai, Wei-Min Liang, Kuo Shou Yu
  • Publication number: 20210383988
    Abstract: Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches. These embodiments feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jian-Cheng Lai, Wei-Min Liang, Kuo Shou Yu
  • Patent number: 10972823
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, and wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user. A speaker element is positioned inside the nozzle portion of the housing, and the center of mass of the headphone is shifted close to a center plane of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Kingston Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Leekuo Chou, Baron King Lee, Wei-Min Liang, Pen Hao Ma
  • Patent number: 10972822
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and wherein the tip portion engages the concha of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and the axis of the tip portion is not parallel to the first axis. The headphone or the earpiece includes dual acoustic elements to amplify sounds in different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Kingston Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Leekuo Chou, Baron King Lee, Wei-Min Liang, Pen Hao Ma
  • Publication number: 20200068283
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, and wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user. A speaker element is positioned inside the nozzle portion of the housing, and the center of mass of the headphone is shifted close to a center plane of the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Kingston Technology Corp.
    Inventors: PETER LEEKUO CHOU, BARON King Lee, Wei-Min Liang, Pen Hao Ma
  • Publication number: 20200029147
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and wherein the tip portion engages the concha of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and the axis of the tip portion is not parallel to the first axis. The headphone or the earpiece includes dual acoustic elements to amplify sounds in different frequency ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Kingston Technology Corp.
    Inventors: PETER LEEKUO CHOU, Baron King Lee, Wei-Min Liang, Pen Hao Ma
  • Patent number: 10462549
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and wherein the tip portion engages the concha of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user, and the axis of the tip portion is not parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Kingston Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Leekuo Chou, Baron King Lee, Wei-Min Liang, Pen Hao Ma
  • Patent number: D821839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Guan Hua Tzeng, Wei Min Liang
  • Patent number: D829727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Lung Yuan Chen, Wei Min Liang, Peter Leekuo Chou, Baron King Lee
  • Patent number: D845928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Baron King Lee, Peter Leekuo Chou, Lung Yuan Chen, Wei Min Liang
  • Patent number: D875738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Jin, Sean Peralta, Baron King Lee, Peter Leekuo Chou, Guan Hua Tzeng, Wei Min Liang