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Yang Liu — 48 Patents

Apple: 35 patents #857 of 18,612Top 5%
HTHefei University Of Technology: 1 patents #137 of 484Top 30%
JCJing-Jin Electric Technologies Co.: 1 patents #42 of 82Top 55%
LCLeviton Manufacturing Co.: 1 patents #308 of 455Top 70%
SUShandong University: 1 patents #324 of 1,030Top 35%
Mountain View, CA: #271 of 11,022 inventorsTop 3%
California: #8,595 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Yang Liu has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in December 2025. Yang Liu ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Yang Liu in Mountain View, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12501217 Adaptive resonance-controlled audio systems and methods Ashwat Kandasamy Amirthalingam, Onur I. Ilkorur, Thomas M. Jensen, Oliver Leonhardt, David William Nolan Robison +1 more 2025-12-16
12366868 Systems for and methods of positioning solar panels in an array of solar panels with spectrally adjusted irradiance tracking Yudong Ma, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly 2025-07-22
12365255 Direct current fast charger system with low standby power Ming Li, Tyler Erikson, Lixiang Wei, Steven E. Schulz 2025-07-22
12366290 Speed reducer casing and electric drive assembly Jianwen Li, Fayu Pan, Yanan Huang 2025-07-22
12362584 Controllers, devices, and methods for controlling direct current fast charging devices Steven E. Schulz, Ming Li 2025-07-15
12348179 Systems and methods for split-cell and multi-panel photovoltaic tracking control Fei Gu, Venkata Rahul Abbaraju, Eric Martinez 2025-07-01
12339692 Systems and methods for photovoltaic direct current (DC) bus control Alexander W. Au, Fei Gu 2025-06-24
12320492 Lighting fixture systems Zachary C. Shiner, Timne Bilton, Robert R. Nankil, Adam Zepeda 2025-06-03
12294236 Battery management architectures for flow batteries Chen Li, Jonathan Kenzo Kamei 2025-05-06
12253362 Indoor positioning method and system, computer device and storage medium Shanchi Lin, Xiangguo Li, Shuangan Ding, Huangbo Cai, Guitao Hu 2025-03-18
12231079 Methods and systems for detecting shading for solar trackers Chen Li 2025-02-18
12224703 Fixed DC bus and hydrogen generation system Alexander W. Au, Venkata Rahul Abbaraju, Wesley W. Chu 2025-02-11
12158289 Sensing and feedback for row on sun tracking method and system Yu Dong Ma, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly, Ricardo Delgado-Nanez, Alexander W. Au 2024-12-03 $75,967,000
12085658 Systems for and methods of positioning solar panels in an array of solar panels to efficiently capture sunlight Yudong Ma, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly 2024-09-10 $64,840,000
12068634 Multi-power source systems for photovoltaic battery control Chen Li 2024-08-20 $72,740,000
12047033 Systems and methods for tracker-level protection Chen Li, Alexander W. Au 2024-07-23 $89,498,000
12047197 Smart harness management for low-voltage distribution Ming Li, Steven E. Schulz, Tyler Erikson 2024-07-23
12009690 Power converters and methods of controlling same Chen Li, Mohammed Salmaan Khan, Jonathan Kenzo Kamei, Sandeep Sanjiva Lele 2024-06-11 $55,087,000
11996800 Methods and systems for detecting shading for solar trackers Chen Li 2024-05-28 $102,265,000
11975619 Controllers, devices, and methods for performing power quality control using direct current fast charging devices Steven E. Schulz, Ming Li 2024-05-07
11967921 Self-powered solar tracker apparatus Alexander W. Au 2024-04-23 $73,653,000
11942893 Systems and methods for split-cell and multi-panel photovoltaic tracking control Fei Gu, Venkata Rahul Abbaraju, Eric Martinez 2024-03-26 $93,882,000
11916424 Controllers, devices, and methods for controlling direct current fast charging devices Steven E. Schulz, Ming Li 2024-02-27
11914404 Systems for and methods of positioning solar panels in an array of solar panels with spectrally adjusted irradiance tracking Yudong Ma, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly 2024-02-27 $97,250,000
11907000 Systems and methods for photovoltaic direct current (DC) bus control Alexander W. Au, Fei Gu 2024-02-20 $98,984,000