Joseph K Lai

US Patent:

62858785, Sep 4, 2001

Filed:

Jun 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/097168

Inventors:

Joseph Lai - Torrance CA

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455431

Abstract:

A new use for the (already existing) fleets of commercial airline aircraft to replace low-earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites. This invention will provide low-cost, broadband wireless communication infrastructure among points-to-points accomplished by using and modifying existing, small, lightweight low power, low cost microwave relay station equipment onboard the commercial airline aircraft. Each equipped aircraft would have a broadband wireless communication link (within line-of-sight coverage ranges) to one or more neighboring aircraft or ground stations and form a chain of seamless airborne repeaters providing broadband wireless communication gateways along the entire flight path. Broadband wireless communication services also provide for customers onboard in-flight as well as customers overboard, along the line-of-sight ranges of flight path from the commercial airline aircraft.

US Patent:

20210149134, May 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/687172

Inventors:

Joseph Lai - Torrance CA, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/42
H04B 10/25

Abstract:

Old and new standard, regular electrical-only, non-optical connectors, such as USB, Lightning, HDMI, Ethernet, are modified for migrating into new optical capabilities. These electrical-only connectors are integrated with active microelectronic/optical conversion components inside for converting electrical signals to optical signals and optical signals back to electrical signals. Newly integrated connectors are 100% physically and functionally compatible with the original electrical-only connectors which have the same sizes, colors, shapes, cut-outs, mating cavities, mounting holes, pins and foot-prints can directly replace the old connectors to install onto the same surface-mount pads, through-holes of PCB of existing product designs. The newly invented connectors are for phone/computer/video/camera/storage/network equipment manufacturers to easily adopt and assemble their products with new optical connectivity for tremendous performance improvement in bandwidth, distance and reversibility with lowest cost for both wired and wireless optical applications.