Patents by Inventor Xiaoping Qin
Xiaoping Qin 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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Publication number: 20250120038Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a computing system. A computing system can include a first computing tile housed in a first computing cabinet and a second computing tile housed in a second computing cabinet. The computing system can include a connector configured to connect the first computing tile and the second computing tile. The computing system can include a first holder tube positioned within a first computing cabinet providing access to the connector and dimensioned to receive an assembly tool to adjust the connector in at least one dimension. The computing system can include a second holder tube positioned within the second computing cabinet, where the second holder tube provides access to the connector and is dimensioned to receive the assembly tool to adjust the connector in at least one dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Rishabh Bhandari, Xiaoping Qin, Xuyang Zhang, Frank Spiteri, David Luna
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Publication number: 20250120034Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a computing system. The computing system may include a computing tile positioned in a computing cabinet. The computing system may include a connector assembly connecting a computing tile with another computing tile housed in a second computing cabinet. The connector assembly may include a connector and an adjustment plate to adjust the connector in a dimension. The adjustment plate can move along a dimension away from a computing tile.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Rishabh Bhandari, Xiaoping Qin, Xuyang Zhang, Frank Spiteri, David Luna
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Publication number: 20240272683Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
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Patent number: 11994917Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
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Publication number: 20240160251Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a rear speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The rear speaker is concealed inside the base and oriented to project sound towards the rear side of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Justin Leong, Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Philip Hobson Boothby, Frances Kwee, Matthew Michael Seflic, James Castro
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Publication number: 20220404864Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
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Patent number: 11513565Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
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Patent number: 11209873Abstract: In a display assistant device, a display panel assembly has a plurality of first retention elements, and each first retention element is formed on a rear surface of the display panel assembly and adjacent to a respective first edge of the display panel assembly. A back cover is configured to hold the display panel assembly using a plurality of second retention elements. Each second retention element is arranged adjacent to a respective second edge of the back cover. When mated to each other, the first and second retention elements are configured to control an in-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover in response to an impact of a force on the second edges, thereby limiting an out-of-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover and protecting the first edges of the display panel assembly from falling apart from the second edges of the back cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: James Castro, Carl Cepress, Chih-Min Chien, Liang Cheng, Justin Leong, Xiaoping Qin
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Publication number: 20210011518Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Xiaoping QIN, Christen Cameron BILGER, Frederic Heckmann, Frances KWEE, Justin LEONG, James CASTRO
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Publication number: 20200110441Abstract: In a display assistant device, a display panel assembly has a plurality of first retention elements, and each first retention element is formed on a rear surface of the display panel assembly and adjacent to a respective first edge of the display panel assembly. A back cover is configured to hold the display panel assembly using a plurality of second retention elements. Each second retention element is arranged adjacent to a respective second edge of the back cover. When mated to each other, the first and second retention elements are configured to control an in-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover in response to an impact of a force on the second edges, thereby limiting an out-of-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover and protecting the first edges of the display panel assembly from falling apart from the second edges of the back cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: James Castro, Carl CEPRESS, Chih-min CHIEN, Liang CHENG, Justin LEONG, Xiaoping QIN
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Publication number: 20200110443Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a rear speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The rear speaker is concealed inside the base and oriented to project sound towards the rear side of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: JUSTIN LEONG, XIAOPING QIN, CHRISTEN CAMERON BILGER, PHILIP HOBSON BOOTHBY, FRANCES KWEE, MATTHEW MICHAEL SEFLIC
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Patent number: 8718721Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include first and second housings coupled together and moveable between first and second positions. The mobile wireless communications device may also include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by at least one of the first and second housings, a magnetic sensor carried by the first housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry, and a magnet carried by the second housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a magnetically conductive body operatively coupled between the magnetic sensor and the magnet when the first and second housings are in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Xiaoping Qin, Kenneth John Maclean
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Patent number: 8649825Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include first and second housings, a hinge pivotally coupling the first and second housings, and a first antenna carried by the first housing. The mobile wireless communications device may include a second antenna carried by the second housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the first housing and configured for spatial diversity operation with the first and second antennas, and a hinge connector carried by the hinge and coupling the second antenna to the wireless transceiver circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Jari Kristian van Wonterghem, Xiaoping Qin, Subum Park
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Publication number: 20120028685Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include first and second housings, a hinge pivotally coupling the first and second housings, and a first antenna carried by the first housing. The mobile wireless communications device may include a second antenna carried by the second housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the first housing and configured for spatial diversity operation with the first and second antennas, and a hinge connector carried by the hinge and coupling the second antenna to the wireless transceiver circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Jari Kristian VAN WONTERGHEM, Xiaoping Qin, Subum Park
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Publication number: 20110306392Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include first and second housings coupled together and moveable between first and second positions. The mobile wireless communications device may also include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by at least one of the first and second housings, a magnetic sensor carried by the first housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry, and a magnet carried by the second housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a magnetically conductive body operatively coupled between the magnetic sensor and the magnet when the first and second housings are in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Xiaoping Qin, Kenneth John MacLean