Patents by Inventor Yi Lu

Yi Lu 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).

  • Publication number: 20250149359
    Abstract: A controlling method for semiconductor process auxiliary apparatus, a control assembly and a manufacturing system are provided. The controlling method includes the following steps. At least one manufacturing parameter of a semiconductor manufacturing processing apparatus are obtained. An energy adjusting signal is generated according to the manufacturing parameter. An auxiliary apparatus controlling signal is generated according to the energy adjusting signal. The semiconductor process auxiliary apparatus is controlled according to the semiconductor auxiliary apparatus controlling signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Chih-Chung KUO, Yung-Chieh KUO, Cheng-Tai PENG, Min-Wei TSAI, Sheng- Ming WANG, Jui-Hung LEE, Ke-Wei WEI, Ping-Yi LU, Shi-Hao WANG, Chih-Hsiang HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20250144743
    Abstract: A welding device includes a thin film and an ultrasonic welding machine including an ultrasonic welding head welding a first component and a second component of a product together. The thin film is pressed against the product by the ultrasonic welding head and covers a welding area and a non-welding area of the product. The thin film absorbs a vibration energy located in the non-welding area to prevent the vibration energy from being concentrated in the welding area of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianghao (Jorge) Bao, Jian Cao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Sun Kyu Pak, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Mulang Song, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Patent number: 12287637
    Abstract: An autonomous product picking system includes product pick up stations at different locations within a facility having call stations with activation buttons at a user interface activated by an operator to transmit call requests when the products are needed to be picked up and to transmit completion signals when the products have been picked up. An automatic guided vehicle is movable within the facility between the product pick up stations and a product drop off station. A system control module guides the AGV within the facility and includes a system communication module communicatively coupled to the AGV and the call stations. The system communication module receives the call requests and the completion signals from the call stations when the activation buttons are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Swapnilsinh Solanki, Xinping Deng, Jiankun Zhou, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Fabio E. Massaro
  • Publication number: 20250120252
    Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed over the substrate, a semiconducting layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer, the second electrode having a first portion and a second portion, a nucleation inhibition coating disposed over the first portion of the second electrode; and a conductive coating disposed over the second portion of the second electrode, wherein the nucleation inhibition coating is a compound of Formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: OTI LUMIONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Lu CHANG, Qi WANG, Scott Nicholas GENIN, Michael HELANDER, Jacky QIU, Zhibin WANG, Benoit LESSARD
  • Publication number: 20250116805
    Abstract: A key structure includes a light source and a light guiding assembly, a transparent cover, a semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror, and a reflection mirror disposed above the light source. The light guiding assembly includes a center column and a platform surrounding the center column. A bottom surface of the center column faces the light source. The transparent cover is disposed on the light guiding assembly and covers the center column and the platform. An exterior side wall of the transparent cover has strip recesses surrounding the center column and the platform. The reflection mirror is disposed in the light guiding assembly. The reflection mirror and the semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror face each other through the transparent cover. A part of light generated by the light source generates an infinity reflection between the strip recesses, the reflection mirror, and the semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror after passing through the light guiding assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Lu, Ming-Cheng Wu, Yi-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 12270729
    Abstract: A crossbeam for measuring deformation velocities of a surface of a material under a dynamic load includes a crossbeam body, a first type of velocimeter and a second type of velocimeter-mounted on the crossbeam body. The crossbeam body is mounted on a measurement carrier. The measurement carrier is configured to move along the surface of the material and apply a dynamic load to the surface. The first type of velocimeter is configured to measure the vertically resilient deformation velocity of the surface behind an action force of the dynamic load. The second type of velocimeter is configured to measure the vertical downward deformation velocity of the surface in front of the action force of the dynamic load. The vertically resilient deformation velocity and the vertically downward deformation velocity of the surface can be simultaneously and quickly obtained by the first and second types of velocimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN OPTICS VALLEY ZOYON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cao, Dejin Zhang, Hong Lin, Xinlin Wang, Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 12272900
    Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a terminal clamping device clamping and fixing a terminal of a connector and an insertion module. The insertion module includes a housing clamping device clamping and fixing a housing of the connector, a terminal guide device having a conical guide hole guiding the terminal into the housing, and a linear moving device driving the housing clamping device and the terminal guide device to move towards the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the housing through the conical guide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 12271017
    Abstract: A key structure includes a light source and a light guiding assembly, a transparent cover, a semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror, and a reflection mirror disposed above the light source. The light guiding assembly includes a center column and a platform surrounding the center column. A bottom surface of the center column faces the light source. The transparent cover is disposed on the light guiding assembly and covers the center column and the platform. An exterior side wall of the transparent cover has strip recesses surrounding the center column and the platform. The reflection mirror is disposed in the light guiding assembly. The reflection mirror and the semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror face each other through the transparent cover. A part of light generated by the light source generates an infinity reflection between the strip recesses, the reflection mirror, and the semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirror after passing through the light guiding assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Lu, Ming-Cheng Wu, Yi-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 12265278
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 12266454
    Abstract: A hot pressing machine for continuously hot pressing a flexible flat cable includes a plurality of hot pressing units arranged at intervals along a feeding direction of the flexible flat cable. A central controller of the machine is operably connected to the plurality of hot pressing units and is configured to control the plurality of hot pressing units to synchronously hot press the flexible flat cable located in the plurality of hot pressing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhonghua Xu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Publication number: 20250104939
    Abstract: A membrane keyboard and manufacturing method thereof, the manufacturing method comprises the following steps: forming a first positioning hole on an upper circuited layer, forming a second positioning hole and a plurality of hollow portions on a spacer layer, forming a third positioning hole on a lower circuited layer, wherein a minimum diameter of the second positioning hole is smaller than a minimum diameter of the first positioning hole and a minimum diameter of the third positioning hole; adhering the upper circuited layer, the spacer layer and the lower circuited layer, to form a restoring member positioning hole; placing the membrane circuit board in the restoring member assembly fixture and passing the restoring member positioning hole through a locating pillar of the restoring member assembly fixture, with an inner wall of the second positioning hole abutting the locating pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: CHIH-YI LU, CHIH-HUNG LIN
  • Publication number: 20250107327
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes: (1) a first region, a second region, and an intermediate region arranged between the first region and the second region; (2) a conductive coating disposed in the second region; and (3) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed in the first region, the nucleation inhibiting coating extending to cover at least a portion of the intermediate region, wherein a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the intermediate region is less than a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region, and wherein a surface of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region is substantially free of the conductive coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: OTI LUMIONICS INC.
    Inventors: Zhibin Wang, Yi-Lu CHANG, Qi WANG, Michael HELANDER
  • Patent number: 12257649
    Abstract: A soldering iron head includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a positioning slot formed on the bottom surface and extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The positioning slot is adapted to accommodate and position an exposed end conductor of a cable. The cross section of the positioning slot is trapezoidal in shape, absent a lower bottom. An upper bottom facing side of the trapezoidal cross section of the positioning slot gradually increases in width from the first side surface to the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shangha) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yun Luo, Haidong Wu
  • Publication number: 20250086777
    Abstract: A precision three-dimensional pavement faulting measurement method includes: acquiring three-dimensional pavement contour data; based on the three-dimensional pavement contour data, obtaining a contour reference surface and a contour deviation between measuring points in the three-dimensional pavement contour data and the contour reference surface; based on the contour deviation, obtaining a suspected joint point; based on the suspected joint point, obtaining a suspected joint denoised binary image; based on a row direction projection feature of target measuring points in the suspected joint denoised binary image, obtaining an original joint target image and a joint representative position; based on the suspected joint denoised binary image, the original joint target image, and the joint representative position, obtaining a target joint binary image by means of a joint extension operation; and based on the target joint binary image and the three-dimensional pavement contour data, obtaining pavement faulting i
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hong LIN, Min CAO, Yi LU, Xinlin WANG, Xuan QU, Hui LI, Xiuwen HU
  • Publication number: 20250089110
    Abstract: A wireless local area network communication system for a Ferris wheel is formed by connecting a wireless node device mounted on each gondola and a wireless center device mounted on a Ferris wheel supporting frame, and each wireless node device is connected to a downstream device in the gondola; and the center device is connected to an upstream device. By mounting antennas of the wireless center device at positions near a center shaft of the Ferris wheel supporting frame, the invention effectively ensures that all the gondolas will not affect a data communication effect during operation due to a change of a communication distance; and by mounting dual antennas of the wireless node device at external diagonal positions of the gondola, at least one antenna communicates with the wireless center device when the gondola operates at any position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventor: Yi LU
  • Publication number: 20250087659
    Abstract: The present application provides a lithium supplementing apparatus and a lithium supplementing method, which can efficiently perform lithium supplementing on a battery. The lithium supplement apparatus includes: a plurality of calendering devices for respectively transferring lithium on a plurality of lithium strips to a plurality of first regions distributed on a coating device in a first direction, the first direction being a width direction of a first electrode plate to be subjected to lithium supplementing; the coating device for respectively coating the lithium of the plurality of first regions onto a plurality of second regions corresponding to the plurality of first regions on the first electrode plate; and a segmenting device for segmenting the first electrode plate according to the plurality of second regions, so as to form a plurality of segmented second electrode plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Bin Xie, Yi Lu, Chunhui Cai, Xinlu Fei, Shitong Chen, Keqiang Li
  • Patent number: 12249262
    Abstract: A method for driving electro-optic displays including electro-optic material disposed between a common electrode and a backplane. The backplane includes an array of pixel electrodes, each coupled to a transistor. A display controller applies waveforms to the pixel electrodes. The method includes applying first measurement waveforms to a first portion of the pixel electrodes. During each frame of the first measurement waveforms, the same time-dependent voltages are applied to each pixel electrode of the first portion of pixel electrodes. The method includes determining the impedance of the electro-optic material in proximity to the first portion of pixel electrodes based on a measurement of the current flowing through a current measurement circuit and the time-dependent voltages applied to each pixel electrode during the first measurement waveforms, and selecting driving waveforms based on the impedance of the electro-optic material in proximity to the first portion of pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Raymond Amundson, Teck Ping Sim, Michael D. McCreary, Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20250073828
    Abstract: A welding device includes a frame body, a first movable module, a second movable module, a third movable module, and a welding module. The first movable module is installed on the frame body and movable in a first horizontal direction. The second movable module is installed on the first movable module and movable in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The third movable module is installed on the second movable module and movable in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first and second horizontal directions. The welding module is installed on the third movable module and movable together with the first, second, and third movable modules. The welding module is suspended outside the frame body, and the first movable module is provided in an inner chamber of the frame body to reduce the distance between the welding module and the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Robert Francisco-Yi Lu, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 12242275
    Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle system includes an automatic guided vehicle and a docking station for docking with the automatic guided vehicle. One of the automatic guided vehicle and the docking station has a pair of first vertical guide surfaces and the other has a pair of rows of rollers. The first vertical guide surfaces extend a predetermined length along a first horizontal direction and are spaced by a predetermined distance in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The rows of rollers are in rolling contact with the first vertical guide surfaces to guide the automatic guided vehicle to a predetermined position in the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20250071580
    Abstract: A networking apparatus and method, the method including receiving a subnet parameter allocation request message sent by a first gateway, allocating, based on the subnet parameter allocation request message, different first parameters and a same second parameter to a plurality of first subdevices belonging to different categories, and sending a first subnet parameter including a first parameter of the different first parameters and the same second parameter to the first gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Fachan Yan, Kaibing Zhang, Tianliang Xu, Qinghu Meng, Chengwei Liu, Yi Lu, Ayong Wang